Power of the Atom

This is a product of Mr Essex a member of the science department of Dartford

Technology College

Question 1

• When a neutron hits a Uranium atom it is split into two elements releasing 3 more neutrons. The two new elements formed are ?

• Krypton and Barium

• Krypton and Beryllium

• Krypton and Boron

• Krypton and Bromine

Question 2

• From Q 1; This in turn causes three more Uranium atoms to split into Barium and Krypton and also release 3 neutrons each this is the start of a ?

• Domino rally

• Chain reaction

• Knock on reaction

• Radioactive rally

Question 3

• In nuclear power plants the Chain reaction produces lots of energy and is kept safe using ?

• Control rods

• Control spheres

• Damping field

• Damping spheres

Question 4

• Radio active isotopes are often used in hospitals. What do they use Carbon-13 for ?

• To check a patients thyroid gland.

• To see brain activity.

• To kill cancer cells.

• To see broken bones.

Question 5

• Uranium can start a chain reaction and without control rods it runs away to produce?

• Safe atomic power.

• Unsafe atomic power.

• Nuclear bomb

• TNT explosive

Question 6

• An atomic bomb was dropped on a city in Japan on the 6th August 1945 during the second world war. The city is called ?

• Hirohito

• Hiroshima

• Hiragana

• Hilo

Question 7

• The atomic bomb was equivalent to 18000 tonnes of TNT it killed ?

• 7000 people

• 70000 people

• 700000 people

• 7000000 people

Question 8

• The atomic reactor in power stations produces the heat to make?

• Sugar

• Sweets

• Steam

• Oil

Question 9

• Nuclear power station produce three levels of waste, one of which is HLW ?

• Hollow layer waste

• Highest layer waste

• Hollow level waste

• High level waste

Question 10

• What are the other two types of waste from nuclear reactors?

• ILW and LLW

• LLW and MLW

• MLW and ILW

• MLW and SLW

Question 11

• Einstein proposed his famous formula E=MC2, what does the E stand for?

• Einstein

• Escape velocity

• Energy

• Extra-terrestrial

Question 12• On Earth atomic reactions are called

fission reactions this means a large element is split into a smaller on. However stars produce energy by joining smaller elements this is called?

• Reverse fission• Joining• Fusion• Anti-matter

Question 13

• In suns the atomic reaction involves hydrogen nuclei fusing to form ?

• Argon

• Lithium

• Beryllium

• Helium

Question 14

• One kilogram of uranium using fission produces how much compared with one kilogram of hydrogen using fusion?

• Half

• Quarter

• Eighth

• Sixteenth

Question 15

• Static electricity is a build up of negatively charged particles called ?

• Protons

• Electrons

• Neutrons

• Negatron's

Question 16• How do we prevent an explosion when

filling an aircraft with fuel?

• A bonded Earth lead between the fuel tanker and the aircraft.

• Only use plastic pipes between the Fuel tanker and aircraft.

• Never fill an aircraft with fuel on the ground.

• No problem to worry about.

Question 17

• The ridges from a burglars finger print can be lifted by an electrostatic machine?

• False

• True

• Never

• In the future

Question 18

• During normal operation, one of the following would not be found in the core of a nuclear reactor ?

• Fuel rods

• Control rods

• Flames

• Superheated water

Question 19

• Which part of a nuclear power station is driven by pressurised steam ?

• The reactor core

• The heat exchanger

• The turbine

• The generator

Question 20

• Which of the following machines does not rely on static electricity to work?

• A laser printer

• A finger print machine

• A Van der Graff generator

• A cold fusion reactor

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