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Nuclear Power

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first nuclear power plant was built in __

a)

Russia

b)

New York

c)

Shippingport PA

d)

Japan

2.

One fuel pellet is as much power as ___

a)

One barrel of oil

b)

one train-car of coal

c)

150 gallons of gas

d)

one light bulb

3.

The element used in nuclear power is __

a)

Plutonium

b)

Uranium 235

c)

Radium

d)

Pitchblende

4.

The process of generating nuclear power is called ___

a)

Nuclear Nucleus

b)

Nuclear Fusion

c)

Nuclear Fission

d)

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

5.

Pick the item which is NOT part of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.

a)

Mining / Milling

b)

Refining

c)

Enrichment / Reprocessing

d)

Pressurization

6.

The bright powder which concentrated Uranium is also called ___

a)

Yellow Cake mix

b)

Chocolate cake

c)

Refined Corn Sugar

d)

Yellow-Cake

e)

Radium

7.

Sometimes spent nuclear fuel can be reused in a process called

a)

Refining

b)

Milling

c)

Reprocessing

d)

Enriching

8.

The center of a nuclear power plant is called the __

a)

Power core

b)

Fuel rods

c)

The Turbine

d)

The Reactor

9.

Nuclear Fission relies on starting and maintaining a ___

a)

Continuous force

b)

A chain reaction

c)

A spinning turbine

d)

A waterfall

10.

Nuclear reactors make heat, which warms water into steam, which turns a _______

a)

Waterwheel

b)

Windmill

c)

Hydroelectric Plant

d)

Turbine

11.

The National Nuclear Repository was supposed to be at __

a)

Las Vegas , Nevada

b)

New York, NY

c)

Fukushima, Japan

d)

Yucca Mt. Nevada

12.

Three Mile Island was in ___

a)

New York

b)

Japan

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Russia

13.

What year was the 3 mile island accident?

a)

1990

b)

2011

c)

2019

d)

1979

14.

What year was Chernobyl?

a)

1990

b)

1979

c)

1986

d)

2019

15.

Where was Chernobyl?

a)

Japan

b)

Russia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

New York State

16.

The Fukushima-Daiichi accident occurred in __

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Japan

d)

Russia

17.

Two things happened to cause the Fukushima accident were ____

a)

A Flood and a Fire

b)

An Earthquake and Fire

c)

A Flood and a Tsunami

d)

A Tsunami and a Earthquake

18.

What country is #1 in Nuclear power?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

The USA

d)

China

19.

Pick the item below which is NOT a concern about nuclear power.

a)

Terrorists

b)

Location concerns

c)

Safety concerns

d)

Long-Term Health concerns

e)

Containment facilites

20.

Pick the item which is an advantage of nuclear power

a)

It costs a lot of money to build

b)

it produces no carbon dioxide

c)

Is makes waste that lasts thousands of years

d)

Transporting nuclear waste can be a problem

21.

The average cost of nuclear power is ___

a)

2.00 a kilowatt hour

b)

$300 a kilowatt hour

c)

2 cents a kilowatt hour

d)

no money a kilowatt hour

22.

TRUE or FALSE - Nuclear power was a result of World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

This is what happens when nuclear fuel is used up.

a)

Reprocessing

b)

Is placed in storage

c)

Is used again

d)

Is sent to Trump's wall

24.

The price of Uranium per pound is ___

a)

.2 cents

b)

$46.00

c)

$96.00

d)

$100,000

25.

The proposed nuclear repository was supposed to be Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

The U.S. generates ___ of their power using Nuclear power

a)

20%

b)

90%

c)

100%

d)

2%

27.

Pick the item which is NOT a greenhouse gas

a)

Nitrous Oxide

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Carbon Dioxide

d)

Methane

e)

They all ARE

28.

What is yellowcake?

a)

A yummy treat

b)

Purified Uranium Ore

c)

A from of cake

d)

None of these

29.

This is the % of power in the U.S. produced by Nuclear.

a)

100

b)

50

c)

20

d)

About 2

30.

How long are fuel rods in used storage?

a)

100 years

b)

one year

c)

20 years

d)

5-7 years

31.

Pick the item which is NOT a natural source of radiation.

a)

Minerals in the ground

b)

Cosmic rays from space

c)

X-Ray machines

d)

Radon in the air

32.

Who licences nuclear power plants?

a)

The FDA

b)

The FFA

c)

Mr. Mendoza

d)

The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

33.

Pick one which is NOT a change from global climate change?

a)

Polar Ice Melt

b)

Rising Sea Levels

c)

Loss of Coastline

d)

Loss of Small Islands

e)

They ALL are

34.

The amount of carbon in the atmosphere has increased __ since the industrial revolution

a)

100%

b)

200%

c)

2000%

d)

40ish%

35.

The trapping of heat in the atmosphere is called the __

a)

Coriolis Effect

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Derma Effect

d)

Warming Effect

36.

Mining uranium from the ground makes Nuclear power __

a)

Efficient

b)

Powerful

c)

Renewable

d)

Non-Renewable

37.

This Nuclear Disaster happened in Japan in 2005

a)

Chernobyl

b)

Fukishima-Daiichi

c)

3 Mile Island

d)

Shippingport, PA

38.

This Nuclear Disaster happened in New York in 1979

a)

Chernobyl

b)

Fukishima-Daiichi

c)

3 Mile Island

d)

Shippingport, PA

39.

This Nuclear Disaster happened in Russia in 1986

a)

Chernobyl

b)

Fukishima-Daiichi

c)

3 Mile Island

d)

Shippingport, PA

40.

The amount of radiation the Average American gets in a year is __

a)

1000 Rems

b)

2000 millirems

c)

620 millirems

d)

None