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  1. Nuclear reaction in which energy is released when nuclei of atoms are split/broken apart?

    1. Nuclear Fission
    2. Nuclear Fusion
    3. Nucleus
    4. Nuclear Energy

    Answer: a. Nuclear Fission

  2. The nuclear reaction in which nuclei of atoms are joined together to release energy?

    1. Nuclear Fission
    2. Nuclear Fusion
    3. Nucleus
    4. Nuclear Energy

    Answer: b. Nuclear Fusion

  3. Which isotope is used in commercial nuclear reactors to produce electricity?

    1. Neutron
    2. Plutonium-239
    3. Uranium-235
    4. Isotopes

    Answer: C. Uranium-235

  4. What neutral particle found in the nucleus of atoms that is released during nuclear fission and keeps the chain reaction going?

    1. Nucleus
    2. Neutron
    3. Chernobyl
    4. Pressurized Water Reactor

    Answer: b. Neutron

  5. Which Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons?

    1. Isotopes
    2. Plutonium-239
    3. Uranium-235
    4. Nuclear Energy

    Answer: a. Isotopes

  6. In 1986 the biggest nuclear power plant accident in history took place here.
    1. Nuclear Fission
    2. Nuclear Fusion
    3. Isotopes
    4. Chernobyl

    Answer: d. Chernobyl

  7. What isotope was used in the “Fat Boy” atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki to help end World War II?

    1. Nucleus
    2. Uranium-235
    3. Plutonium-239
    4. Nuclear Energy

    Answer: c. Plutonium-239

  8. What is rate of efficiency of uranium/nuclear energy sources?

    1. 99.9%
    2. 91%
    3. 0%
    4. 50%

    Answer: b. 91%

  9. A nuclear reactor in which water is heated but does not boil because of the pressure on the water?

    1. Nuclear Energy
    2. Nucleus
    3. Pressurized Water Reactor
    4. Boiling Water Reactor

    Answer: c. Pressurized Water Reactor

  10. Which type of nuclear reactor in which water is boiled and turned to steam by the nuclear reaction?

    1. Nuclear Energy
    2. Nucleus
    3. Pressurized Water Reactor
    4. Boiling Water Reactor

    Answer: d. Boiling Water Reactor

  11. Place in the atom where nuclear energy is stored until released by nuclear reactions is called what?

    1. Nuclear Energy
    2. Nucleus
    3. Nuclear Fusion
    4. Nuclear Fission

    Answer: b. Nucleus

  12. What type of energy is a nonrenewable source that is an alternative to fossil fuels?

    1. Nuclear Energy
    2. Nucleus
    3. Nuclear Fusion
    4. Nuclear Fission

    Answer: a. Nuclear Energy

 

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