Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power is generated by using Uranium as fuel to produce nuclear fission. Once the nuclear fission is present, the heat is combined with the water to make steam. This steam then turns the _________.

• Generators

• Turbines

What nuclear process occurs in the sun and other stars?

• fission

• fusion

• endothermic

• atomic bomb

This is an example of

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• No reaction

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

The most penetrating type of radiation is the _______.

• beta particle

• gamma ray

• uranium

• alpha particle

What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?

• Control Rods
• Moderator
• Containment building
• Reactor Vessel

Which of the following is considered the worst nuclear disaster ever?

• The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
• The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
• The Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown
• The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Which of the following is NOT a nuclear accident that occurred at a power plant?

• Chernobyl
• Fukushima
• Three Mile Island
• Hiroshima

Which of the following is the correct order of events in a nuclear power plant?

• Uranium reactor, generator, turbine, transformer
• Transformer, turbine, generator, uranium reactor
• Uranium reactor, turbine, generator, transformer
• Turbine, Uranium reactor, Generator, Transformer

Which of these statements correctly describes how the chain reaction occurs in nuclear fission.

• Uranium releases electrons to create   electricity
• When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the electrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split
• When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the neutrons emitted can strike other nuclei, and cause them to split
•  Protons and neutrons change to electrons because the nuclei are so big