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Fission and Fusion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Fusion?

a)

when two lighter nuclei combine to produce a heavier nucleus

b)

when a heaver nucleus splits to produce 2 lighter nuclei

c)

when a lighter nucleus splits to produce 2 heave nuclei

d)

when 2 heaver nuclei combine to produce a lighter nucleus

2.

What is Fission?

a)

when 2 lighter nuclei fuse together to produce 1 nucleus

b)

when 2 nuclei splits apart to produce 1 lighter nuclei

c)

when 1 nucleus splits apart to produce 2 lighter nuclei

d)

when 1 lighter nuclei fuse together to produce 1 nucles

3.

What country first discovered Fission?

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

North Korea

d)

United States

4.

What is chain reaction?

a)

depending sustaining fission reaction that begins when a neutron bombards the nucleus of an atom

b)

self-sustaining fission reaction that beings with an atom bombarding a neutron

c)

self sustaining fusion reaction that begins when a neutron bombards the nucleus of an atom

d)

self-sustaining fission reaction that beings when a neutron bombards the nucleus of an atom

5.

What are the 2 designs that scientists have come up with for a fusion reactor?

a)

Stellerator and Tokamak

b)

Tokamak and Colorfol

c)

Stellerator and Colorful

d)

Stellerator and Tik Tok

6.

What is another name for Cold Fusion?

a)

Low Energy Nuclear Reactors

b)

High Energy Nuclear Reactions

c)

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions

d)

High Energy Nuclear Reactors

7.

Does Fission or Fusion take place on the Sun?

a)

Neither

b)

Both

c)

FIssion

d)

Fusion

8.

When uncontrolled what can a chain reaction fuel?

a)

cars

b)

nuclear weapons

c)

airplanes

d)

trains

9.

Which isotope is used to date the age of a fossil?

a)

carbon-167

b)

carbon-18

c)

carbon-21

d)

carbon-14

10.

What Produces more energy, Fission or Fusion?

a)

Fusion

b)

Fission

11.

What is needed for fusion to occur?

a)

Very High Temperature

b)

Very Low Temperature

c)

Very Low Pressure

d)

Very High Pressure

12.

What is an application of Fission Today?

a)

cars

b)

medical applications

c)

iphones

d)

calculators

13.

What is the most common fuel for fission?

a)

Uranium-235

b)

Uranium-236

c)

Uranium-237

d)

Uranium-238

14.

What is produced from the process of Fusion?

a)

Gases

b)

Solids

c)

Liquids

d)

Plasma

15.

When will the first fusion reactor be produced?

a)

2030

b)

2050

c)

2060

d)

2150