Nuclear and Hydroelectric Power

Nuclear fission of an atomic nuclei requires how many neutrons?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

All isotopes are able to undergo fission after absorbing a neutron

• true

• false

Uranium 235 is able to undergo nuclear fission after absorbing a neutron

• true

• false

Uranium 238 is able to undergo nuclear fission after absorbing a neutron

• true

• false

A box full of uranium 238 and a neutron could be used for a nuclear bomb.

• true

• false

Which of these types of uranium could be used to create a chain reaction in a fuel cell?

• Uranium 235

• Uranium 238

An electric can be generated from spinning a magnet near a coil

• true

• false

nuclear power plants use _____ from nuclear fission chain reactions in fuel cells filled with water and uranium to spin magnets and generate electricity.

• radioactivity

• fire

• steam

• magic

Every power plant disaster is due to

• cool water for control pumps accidentally failing

• too much uranium in the fuel cell

• Using uranium 238 by accident

• attacks on the power plant

Nuclear power plants use fission which has these environmental impacts

• no waste... and no emissions

• no emissions ... but waste

• waste and emissions

• emissions but no waste