This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Nuclear Energy – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nuclear Energy Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a harmful product of nuclear fission? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Water. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiation. 2. What would two different isotopes of an atom have in common? A) Number of neutrons. B) Atomic mass. C) Atomic weight. D) Number of protons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of protons. 3. Which nuclear case study was the worst to ever happen? A) Chernobyl, Ukraine. B) Fukushima, Japan. C) 3 Mile Island, Pennsylvania. D) Hiroshima, Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chernobyl, Ukraine. 4. My teacher ..... nuclear energy. A) Is for. B) Is against. C) Never going to reveal their stance on. D) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. 5. New nuclei and neutrons result from A) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. B) Nuclear fusion. C) The splitting of an atom's neutron. D) The release of electrons from a positively charged atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The splitting of an atom's nucleus. 6. United States nuclear power plant construction stopped in the 1970s because of ..... A) The Three Mile Island Accident. B) A lack of funding. C) Crazy environmentalists. D) Competition from fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Three Mile Island Accident. 7. The operation of a commercial nuclear reactor requires an isotope that will undergo A) Fission and a controlled chain reaction. B) Fission and an uncontrolled chain reaction. C) Fusion and a controlled chain reaction. D) Fusion and an uncontrolled chain reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fission and a controlled chain reaction. 8. A nuclear reactor is A) Powered by a combustion chamber in which uranium is burned. B) Surrounded by a thick pressure vessel filled with a cooling fluid. C) Superheated by water until the control rods are set into motion. D) Constructed from thick aluminum walls to control nuclear reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrounded by a thick pressure vessel filled with a cooling fluid. 9. Complete the sentence:As time passes the level of radiation produced by a radioactive material ..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Remains constant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 10. How does nuclear energy affect us A) Makes you want to work in a factory. B) Can give you a small cold. C) High doses of radiation can cause cancer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High doses of radiation can cause cancer. 11. Which part of a nuclear power plant can help control the thermal pollution that it releases. A) Control rods. B) Containment structure. C) Condenser. D) Cooling towers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooling towers. 12. Which of the following is meter thick lead and concrete to prevent radiation escape? A) Moderator. B) Shielding. C) Coolant. D) Cooling rods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shielding. 13. What does the word catastrophe mean in paragraph 10? A) Going against the laws of nature. B) Causing great suffering or damage. C) Producing lower air temperatures. D) Moving in an opposite direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causing great suffering or damage. 14. Which of the following was needed in order for coal to form? A) Sunlight. B) Plants. C) Sea organisms. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 15. Nuclear power plants use ..... as fuel. A) Hydrogen. B) Krypton. C) Uranium. D) Barium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uranium. 16. What is true about nuclear fusion? A) The mass of the product is greater than that of the original nucleus. B) The mass of the product is 100 times less than that of the original nucleus. C) The mass of the product is the same as that of the original nucleus. D) The mass of the product is less than that of the original nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mass of the product is greater than that of the original nucleus. 17. How many electrons are in an atom that has an atomic number of 34, an atomic mass of 74 and a charge of-2? A) 34. B) 40. C) 2. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 36. 18. What step in the fuel cycle involves crushing uranium ore and concentrating it into yellowcake, while the leftover non-useful material is removed? A) Enriching. B) Mining. C) Milling. D) Conversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milling. 19. Three Mile Island differed from Chernobyl and Fukushima because ..... A) Many people died. B) Radiation was released. C) It wasn't a complete meltdown. D) The core melted down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It wasn't a complete meltdown. 20. Nuclear power plants currently generate around what percent of electricity in the US A) 20%. B) 9%. C) 29%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20%. 21. The sun produces energy through nuclear fusion. This means that what process occurs inside the sun? A) Collision and joining of atoms. B) Cooling of atoms. C) Stabilization of atoms. D) Splitting of atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collision and joining of atoms. 22. What are the atomic numbers of the two main elements that make up the Sun? A) 6 and 2. B) 1 and 2. C) 6 and 12. D) 2 and 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 and 2. 23. Element R decays to element V with a half-life of 20 years. After 60 years, how much R remains from a 1200g sample? A) 600g. B) 150g. C) 400g. D) 300g. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 150g. 24. What was one of our pros? A) Nuclear energy is nonrenewable. B) Nuclear energy is the best energy ever. C) Power plants are good for the environment. D) Nuclear energy is renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear energy is renewable. 25. Coal-burning power plants and nuclear power plants producing electricity both release a large amount of A) Nitrogen compounds. B) Arsenic contaminates. C) Thermal pollution. D) Infectious agents. E) Oxygen-demanding wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermal pollution. 26. The storage method used for radioactive wastes generated from fission nuclear reactors must be designed to last for how long? A) Months. B) Weeks. C) Centuries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Centuries. 27. What is not true about fission reactions at power plants? A) They are exothermic. B) They produce a lot of energy. C) They are uncontrolled and fast. D) They are slow and controlled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are uncontrolled and fast. 28. Two or more nuclei combine to form one larger nucleus in the process of nuclear ..... A) Decay. B) Tracing. C) Fusion. D) Fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fusion. 29. The word emissions in paragraph 4 means A) Costs of labor and materials. B) Substances released into the air. C) Chances of explosion. D) Dangers to the enviornment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Substances released into the air. 30. When building a nuclear power plant, they are often built near a river. The biggest issue with this is then A) The habitats nearby experience noise pollution. B) The power plant employs people who could get exposed to radioactivity. C) The power plant produces radioactive waste. D) The power plant produces thermal pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power plant produces thermal pollution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesNuclear Energy Quiz 1Nuclear Energy Quiz 2Nuclear Energy Quiz 3Nuclear Energy Quiz 4Nuclear Energy Quiz 5Nuclear Energy Quiz 6Nuclear Energy Quiz 7Nuclear Energy Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books