Nuclear Energy Quiz 6 (25 MCQs)

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1. What type of nuclear reaction occurs in the Sun?

2. How are spent nuclear fuel rods disposed?

3. The % of the parent isotope remaining after 1 Half Life.

4. The combining of 2 nuclei to form a larger nucleus is called _____

5. Where does nuclear fission happen?

6. Nuclear Power uses _____ to create energy

7. In a nuclear reactor, atoms of uranium are forced to _____

8. The time needed for half of a radioactive sample to decay is called its _____

9. Element X decays to element Y with a half-life of 5 years. After 15 years, how many half-lives have passed?

10. What did the meltdown at Chernobyl release into the air?

11. What happens in a chain reaction?

12. The nuclear process occurring at a nuclear power plant.

13. One concern in the U.S. regarding increased use of nuclear energy throughout the world, including in a broad range of developing countries is:

14. What are the two methods of extracting uranium?

15. Which of these is a disadvantage of using nuclear power plants?

16. A radioactive atom has a _____ stable nucleus than a non-radioactive nucleus of the same element.

17. The type of radiation that can cause mutations in human cells or DNA is called?

18. Which process involves the splitting of a large nucleus?

19. Which of the following results in the release of nuclear energy?

20. What percent of the energy in the world is produced by nuclear energy?

21. The amount of time it takes for 1/2 the amount of any radioactive parent sample to decay into its daughter element is known as what?

22. The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. How much strontium-90 will remain after 100 years if the initial amount is 4.0 g?

23. What do nuclear fission and fusion have in common?

24. Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima were all places where:

25. What is the most penetrating form of radiation?