Nuclear Energy Quiz

The process of combining the nucleus of atoms to make different atoms is called

(a)   .

Breaking up the nucleus of a big atom is called ​ (b)   .

• nuclear fusion
• nuclear fission
• nuclear reaction
• particle accelerator

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Can you guess where fusion occurs?

(Hint: It's natural.)

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Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?

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

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What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

• radioactive waste
• no air pollution
• we will never run out
• it is the safest way to make energy

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This is an example of which of the following types of nuclear reactors?

• Boiling Water Reactor
• Molten Salt Reactor
• Liquid Metal Reactor
• Graphite Moderated Reactor

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel
• coal
• uranium
• hydrogen

What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?

• Control Rods
• Moderator
• Containment building
• Reactor Vessel

Nuclear power plant construction stopped in the 1970s because of...

• the Three Mile Island Accident
• A lack of funding
• Crazy environmentalists
• Competition from fossil fuels

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Which of the following is considered the worst nuclear disaster ever?

• The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
• The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
• The Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown
• The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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Which of the following are often-cited reasons as the downsides, or "costs" of nuclear energy?

• long construction periods

• dependent on mining a finite resource (uranium)

• lots of safety concerns

• challenges with waste storage/management

• all of the above

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