Nuclear Energy

Question 1

What is the main reason why many nuclear power plants are located near bodies of water?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: to have easy access to a coolant for the reactor

Question 2

The image shows a process that releases nuclear energy.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: The process must be fission because a large nucleus breaks into smaller nuclei.

Question 3

Improvements in which area would help reduce the possibility of damage to the environment when using uranium as a fuel?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: more-efficient extraction techniques

Question 4

What is the correct order of energy conversions associated with a power plant that uses nuclear fission reactions?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: nuclear to thermal to mechanical to electrical

Question 5

During a heat wave, there is an increased demand for electricity to operate air conditioners. The basic design of a nuclear reactor that generates electricity is shown below.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: raise the control rods so that fewer neutrons are absorbed and more can split uranium atoms

Question 6

Why are very high temperatures and pressures required for fusion to occur?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: to overcome the repulsion between the protons in the nuclei that join

Question 7

What is Albert Einstein’s contribution to the understanding of nuclear energy?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: He proposed that matter can be converted to energy and vice versa.

Question 8

A nuclear power plant is built alongside a river. What measurements should a monitoring station downstream record to be sure that the proper procedures are being followed at the power plant?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: temperature and radiation levels

Question 9

The storage method used for radioactive wastes generated from fission nuclear reactors must be designed to last for how long?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: centuries

Question 10

During early research in nuclear energy, why were scientists surprised that the products from splitting a uranium nucleus had less mass than the reactants?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: All known changes always started and ended with the same amount of mass.

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