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Chernobyl documentary quizizz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On what day did the Chernobyl nuclear power station experience a meltdown?

a)

April 26, 1984

b)

April 26, 1986

c)

April 24, 1984

d)

April 27, 1986

2.

Which reactor was the one to experience the meltdown?

a)

Reactor number 1

b)

Reactor number 2

c)

Reactor number 3

d)

Reactor number 4

3.

What emergency service was first called to the site of the accident?

a)

The police

b)

The KGB

c)

The fire department

d)

The nuclear safety commission of the USSR

4.

Who was the General Secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union during the time of the accident and the subsequent cleanup that happened?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Leonid Brezhnev

c)

Yuri Andropov

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

5.

What type of nuclear reactor was the RBMK reactor at Chernobyl?

a)

Nuclear Fission

b)

Nuclear Fusion

c)

Molten Salt Reactor

d)

Liquid fluoride Thorium reactor

6.

What was the name of the nearby town near Chernobyl that acted as a model Soviet Science city and as housing for the workers at the nuclear power plant?

a)

Kiev

b)

Pripyat

c)

Minsk

d)

Odessa

7.

What material were the nuclear control rods made of at the Chernobyl nuclear plant?

a)

Copper

b)

Beryllium

c)

Graphite

d)

Steel

8.

What is the purpose of the control rods inside nuclear reactor?

a)

To catalyze the nuclear reaction

b)

To stop or slow down the reaction

c)

To speed up the reaction

d)

To serve as the fuel for the reaction

9.

How long will it take for the city of Pripyat to be habitable by people again?

a)

1000 years

b)

2000 years

c)

3000 years

d)

4000 years

10.

In the panoramic shots during the documentary what was there a lot of seen around and in the former town squares of Pripyat?

a)

Flora

b)

Fauna

c)

Radiation

d)

Nuclear Fallout

11.

In what COUNTRY did the accident take place?

a)

USSR

b)

Ukraine

c)

Kazakhstan

d)

Belarus

12.

When the first responders started getting sick, what symptoms were they exhibiting when going into the hospital?

a)

Radiation sickness

b)

Confusion and disorientation

c)

Radiation burns

d)

Nausea

13.

What REPUBLIC did the accident take place in?

a)

Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic

b)

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

c)

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

d)

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

14.

What subatomic particles are released from radioactive elements in the fuel rods in nuclear power plants?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Quarks

15.

What is the reason(s) that the organisms in and around Chernobyl have been able to deal with the levels or radiation?

a)

Behavioral Adaptation

b)

Mutation

c)

Evolution

d)

No one knows

16.

Which subatomic particle are control rods supposed to slow down or deflect?

a)

Quarks

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

d)

Protons

17.

What type of radiation was present and mostly responsible for the suffering and sickness that the soldiers and first responders experienced?

a)

Alpha

b)

Beta

c)

Gamma

d)

Delta

18.

What was the nickname of the containment structure that was to be built around the melted down reactor?

a)

The Aegis

b)

The Sarcophagus

c)

The Barrier

d)

The Coffin

19.

On what day was the town near Chernobyl evacuated?

a)

April 28, 1986

b)

April 26, 1984

c)

April 26, 1986

d)

April 27, 1986

20.

What were all the members of the cleanup crew called?

a)

The cleaners

b)

The nuclear containment contingent

c)

The Liquidators

d)

OSHA

21.

ER 10pts | The accepted wisdom at the time, even from environmental scientists, was that all living organisms maybe apart from microorganisms were going to die out. However as seen from the documentary the flora has had a resurgence and previously endangered animals have returned to stable population levels, why do you think that is? (think about human interactions in the area and one of the previous questions you answered in this quizizz, there you will find your answer.)

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