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Nuclear Energy Quiz 10 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is the primary environmental problem associated with the use of nuclear power to generate electricity?
2. What is the main point of this presentation
3. The first atomic bomb used in warfare was
4. What concern might a community have if a nuclear power plant was going to be built in their community?
5. When uranium is first mined out of the ground, it is called _____
6. What happens to the half-life time of a radioactive substance as it decays?
7. Which proton/neutron ratio is most stable?
8. Which of the following is considered the worst nuclear disaster ever?
9. To generate electric current, nuclear power plants produce which of the following
10. A helium nucleus; low energy.
11. When neutrons produced react with other fissionable atoms, continuing the fission.
12. What claim does the author of the "Yes" response make in paragraph 3?
13. _____ is a machine that uses fission to generate energy
14. Where does fusion occur naturally?
15. Element R decays to element V with a half-life of 20 years. After 2 half-lives, how much element V has been produced from 1200 g of Element R?
16. Isotopes of the same element have different _____
17. Nuclear fusion reactions generate the energy released by:
18. The half-life of cadmium-109 is 464 days. A scientist measures out a 256.0g sample. Approximately how many grams of cadmium-109 would remain after 1, 392 days?
19. The author wrote the "Yes" response most likely to-
20. Nuclear energy creates:
21. Powerful electromagnetic radiation that can cause biological damage by damaging DNA.
22. Why should people get involved in the nuclear energy debate?
23. What is the function of a turbine in a nuclear power plant?
24. True/False:The leading developer of nuclear technology in the 50s and 60s was the Soviet Union.
25. Finish this equation$^{209}$$_{83}$Bi$\rightarrow$$_{ _____ + }$$^{205}$$_{81}$Tl
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