Unit 12 Exam Review: Nuclear Power

Nitrogen oxide

Carbon dioxide

Radioactive waste

Carbon monoxide

82

83

213

214

Fusion reactions are easier to initiate

Fusion reactions produce more energy but with less radiation

Fusion reactors are less complex

Fusion reactions cannot be used to create nuclear weapons

Hydrogen

Uranium

Water

Coal

Fusion

Covalent

Fission

Ionic

increases by 2

increases by 4

decreases by 2

it does not change

$$^{14}_6C \rightarrow ^{14}_7N + e^-$$

$$2H_2 + O_2 \rightarrow 2H_2O$$

$$C_6H_{12}O_6 + 6O_2 \rightarrow 6CO_2 + 6H_2O$$

$$NaCl \rightarrow Na^+ + Cl^-$$

8.04 days

3 days

4 days

2.68 days

It's expensive

The Carbon dioxide produced can make the air harder to breathe

The Sulfur dioxide produced can mix with atmospheric moisture to produce acid rain.

The Carbon dioxide and Sulfur dioxide produced can cause forest fires.

Uranium

Thorium

Plutonium

Helium