Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions

Energy in the sun is produced as a result of nuclear ____ reactions.

• fusion
• fission
• waste
• sub

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Neutrons released in a fission reaction can strike other nuclei and cause a 

• meltdown
• take down
• break down
• chain reaction

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Name the instrument used to detect radioactivity.

• voltmeter
• ohmeter
• seismograph
• geiger counter

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What is nuclear fission?

• Big nucleus splits to small nuclei
• Small nuclei fuse into a bigger nucleus
• Stars
• Making compounds

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How do nuclear power-plants work?

• Fusion
• Half-life
• Fission
• Fusion or fission

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How do the nuclear reactions that power the Sun compare to the nuclear reactions that occur in a reactor at a nuclear power facility?

• Power plants release radiation and the sun does not

• Nuclear reactions on the sun are less powerful than nuclear reactions in power plants

• The Sun is powered via nuclear fusion while a nuclear power facility harnesses energy from nuclear fission

• Fission occurs on the sun while fusion occurs in a nuclear power facility

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What is the splitting of an atomic nucleus into two smaller parts?

• Fusion

• Separation

• Decay

• Fission

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Energy is released whenever a ​ (a)   emits radiation. However, the amount of ​ (b)   released during a nuclear decay is very ​ (c)   compared to the amount of energy that can be released during nuclear ​ (d)  

• nucleus
• energy
• small
• fission.
• large
• fusion
• neutron

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Match the following

• nuclear fission

• process of splitting a nucleus into 2 or more smaller nuclei

• neutron

• What do scientist bombard a nuclues with in fission

• rods

• nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

• fission of uranium-235

• In a nuclear power plant chain reactions are controlled with ______ of material

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One form of fusion is ​ (a)   is produced when a ​ (b)   combines with ​ (c)   . This reaction is common inside the ​ (d)   .

• Helium-3
• hydrogen-1
• hydrogen-2
• sun
• earth
• hydrogen-3

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