Practice Quiz: Nuclear Theory

Nuclear power plant uses ____ for fuel.

• steel

• coal

• uranium

• hydrogen

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What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?

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

What nuclear process occurs in the sun?

• fission

• fusion

• endothermic

• atomic bomb

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The splitting of a nucleus into smaller, lighter nuclei is called

• fusion

• fission

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Fusion changes hydrogen into what?

• helium

• uranium

• U-238

• U-235

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Splitting a uranium atom is called - 

• fission
• fusion

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This is an example of

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• No reaction

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Reaction involving the nucleus

• Electron

• Nuclear Reaction

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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Which subatomic particle is required to start a nuclear fission chain reaction?

• Electron

• Proton

• Neutron

• Atom

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A major scientific concern over nuclear energy is how to--

• store the waste products safely

• reduce the high levels of carbon dioxide emitted into the air

• deal with the large amounts of fossil fuels required

• prevent the depletion of the ozone layer

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