Nuclear Energy Quiz

The nucleus of an atom contain two types of subatomic particles. What are they?

• Electrons.

• Protons.

• Neutrons.

• Nuclions.

True or False. Carbon-14 and Carbon-15 have a different number of neutrons and the same number of electrons.

• True.

• False.

Atoms of the same element with the same number of protons and different number of neutrons are called...

• Fusion.

• Isotopes.

• Elements.

• Fission.

Which nuclear process results in the fusing together of two large and unstable nuclei.

• Fusion.

• Fission.

• Isotope.

• None of the above.

Fusion needs temperatures as hot as the sun! This is roughly around _____ million degrees Celsius.

• 100

• 5

• 15

• 10

Which nuclear process makes NO radioactive waste.

• Fusion.

• Fission.

Which nuclear process releases large amounts of energy from splitting apart a large and unstable nuclei.

• Fusion.

• Radioactivity.

• Fission.

• Isotopes.

What is the name of the unstable nuclei that is split during the process of fission?

• Uranium - 35

• Carbon - 14

• Uranium- 235

• Carbon - 235

True or False. Fission takes place in nuclear power plants.

• True.

• False.

True or False. Fusion takes place in nuclear bombs.

• True.

• False.