Question 1

Nuclear power uses ____ for fuel.

Accepted Answer

uranium

Answer

hydrogen

Answer

coal

Question 2

All of the following are problems of nuclear energy except ---

Accepted Answer

pollution

Answer

fuel natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)

Answer

pollution security concerns

Answer

storage of radioactive wastes

Question 3

What nuclear process occurs in the sun?

Accepted Answer

fusion

Answer

fission

Answer

atomic bomb

Question 4

Nuclear power plants rely on which of the following reactions to generate energy?

Accepted Answer

Fission

Answer

Half-life

Answer

Fusion or fission

Answer

Fusion

Question 5

What is a chain reaction?

Accepted Answer

When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the neutrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split

Answer

When electrons travel are emitted causing electricity

Answer

When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the protons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split

Answer

When a nuclear fission reaction occurs, the electrons emitted can strike other nuclei in the sample, and cause them to split

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