WorksheetsNuclear Energy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?
a)
Fusion
b)
Half-life
c)
Fission
d)
Fusion or fission
2.
Where does fusion occur naturally?
a)
Underwater
b)
All around us
c)
In the radioactive waste
d)
On the sun
3.
This is an example of...
a)
Fission reaction
b)
Fusion reaction
c)
Decomposition reaction
d)
Combustion
4.
Which of the following best describes the process of nuclear fission?
a)
Splitting an atom's nucleus apart
b)
Separating an atom's electrons from its nucleus
c)
Fusing two atomic nuclei together
d)
Splitting an atom's electrons in half
5.
What is an advantage of nuclear energy?
a)
radioactive waste
b)
no air pollution
c)
we will never run out
d)
it is the safest way to make energy
6.
Which type of power plant is this?
a)
Coal Power Plant
b)
Nuclear Power Plant
c)
Solar Power Plant
d)
Hydroelectric Power Plant
7.
This is an example of which of the following types of nuclear reactors?
a)
Boiling Water Reactor
b)
Molten Salt Reactor
c)
Liquid Metal Reactor
d)
Graphite Moderated Reactor
8.
What is the difference between a nuclear bomb and a nuclear power plant?
a)
Bomb releases energy all at once, power plant release is slow and controlled.
b)
Nothing much... pretty much the same.
c)
Power plant releases more energy, faster.
d)
One uses nuclear energy, one uses coal.
9.
What is an advantage of nuclear energy?
a)
radioactive waste
b)
no pollution
c)
we will never run out
d)
it is the safest way to make energy
10.
All of the following are problems of nuclear energy except ---
a)
storage of radioactive fuel
b)
pollution
c)
security concerns
d)
natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)
11.
Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.
a)
steel
b)
coal
c)
uranium
d)
hydrogen
12.
The time needed for half of a radioactive sample to decay is called its __________.
a)
decay period
b)
period
c)
transmutation time
d)
half-life
13.
What controls the reaction within a nuclear reactor?
a)
Control Rods
b)
Moderator
c)
Containment building
d)
Reactor Vessel
14.
Three Mile Island differed from Chernobyl and Fukushima because...
a)
It wasn't a complete meltdown
b)
The core melted down
c)
Radiation was released
d)
Many people died
15.
As a result of Operation Castle Bravo, the United States contributed large amounts of which of the following to the ocean?
a)
Radioactive hydrogen
b)
Radioactive material
c)
Debris
d)
Pollution
16.
Nuclear power plant construction stopped in the 1970s because of...
a)
the Three Mile Island Accident
b)
A lack of funding
c)
Crazy environmentalists
d)
Competition from fossil fuels
17.
Which of the following is considered the worst nuclear disaster ever?
a)
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
b)
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
c)
The Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown
d)
The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
18.
Complete the phrase: 'The longer an element's half-life...'
a)
...the longer it will take to decay
b)
...the more radioactive it is
c)
...the less radioactive it is
d)
...the rarer it is
19.
True/False: The leading developer of nuclear technology in the 50s and 60s was the Soviet Union.
a)
False: the United States
b)
False: China
c)
False: Great Britain
d)
True
20.
True/False: Nuclear power's greatest weakness is complete power loss at a power plant.
a)
True
b)
False: Uranium is rare
c)
False: Produces lots of waste
d)
False: Doesn't produce lots of electricity
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