Apes Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?

• Fusion

• Half-life

• Fission

• Fusion or fission

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This is an example of...

• Fission  reaction

• Fusion reaction

• Decomposition reaction

• Combustion

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Which type of power plant is this?

• Coal Power Plant

• Nuclear Power Plant

• Solar Power Plant

• Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

• steel

• coal

• uranium

• hydrogen

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the atom bomb has this type of ENERGY

• Elastic

• Mechanical

• Nuclear

• Electromagnetic

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This type of energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom

• Nuclear energy

• Sound energy

• electrical energy

• chemical energy

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The time needed for half of a radioactive sample to decay is called its __________.

• decay period

• period

• transmutation time

• half-life

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What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?

• Control Rods

• Moderator

• Containment building

• Reactor Vessel

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Nuclear energy uses _____ to turn turbines to power a generator.

• wind

• water

• steam

• solar

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Which of the following are often-cited reasons as the downsides, or "costs" of nuclear energy?

• long construction periods

• dependent on mining a finite resource (uranium)

• lots of safety concerns

• challenges with waste storage/management

• all of the above

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