Nuclear Chemistry Worksheet: Fusion, Fission, and Radioactive Decay

If nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and radioactive decay were ordered by the amount of energy released in each process from greatest to least, which of the following would be the correct ranking?

• Nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, radioactive decay
• Nuclear fission, radioactive decay, nuclear fusion
• Nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, radioactive decay
• Radioactive decay, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion

Very simple diagrams of three nuclear processes are provided in this illustration. Which of the following correctly identifies these processes?

• 1 = radioactive decay , 2 = fusion, 3 = fission
• 1 = fission, 2 = radioactive decay, 3 = fusion
• 1 = fusion, 2 = fission, 3 = radioactive decay
• 1 = fission, 2 = fusion, 3 = radioactive decay

What type of decay is shown here:

• Beta minus
• Beta plus
• Alpha
• Gamma

What type of decay is shown here:

• Beta minus
• Beta plus
• Alpha
• Gamma

What type of decay is shown here:

• Beta minus
• Beta plus
• Alpha
• Gamma

What type of decay is shown here:

• Beta minus
• Beta plus
• Alpha
• Gamma

Based on this illustration. How many protons would nitrogen have after a beta minus decay?

• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8

What type of decay would result in an increase in the atomic number of the nucleus?

• Alpha decay

• Beta minus decay

• Beta plus decay

• Gamma decay

Which of the following processes is responsible for the energy produced in the sun?

• Nuclear fission

• Radioactive decay

• Nuclear fusion

• Beta decay

In the process of alpha decay, what is the change in the atomic number of the nucleus?

• Increases by 2

• Decreases by 2

• Remains the same

• Decreases by 1