5 Written Questions

1. Gives off low levels of ionizing radiation for a shorter time period, requires safe storage for 100 to 500 yrs
2. Radiation which dislodges electrons form the molecules they hit causing them to change chemically and impair normal functions, effects: burned tissue, anemia, impaired cell division, cancer
3. under the minimum amount of radioactive material necessary for a chain reaction
4. a device that converts the kinetic energy captured by a turbine into electrical enrgy
5. the minimum amount of radioactive material necessary for a chain reaction

5 Matching Questions

1. Fusion
2. Containment Building
3. Photovoltaic Cells
4. Wind Turbine
5. Nuclear Reactor

1. a solar cells which convert the sun's energy into electrical energy
2. b the part in a light water plant design where the reactor vessel, steam generator and back-up cooling water are held
3. c A turbine powered by wind mills, this is an alternative or renewable energy source
4. d Reactor using fuel/control rods to create heat, used to make steam to eventually spin a turbine
5. e the process by which the nuclei of small atoms combine to form a new, more massive nucleus; the process releases energy

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neutron absorbing material that slows the chain reaction
   1. Cooling Tower
   2. Control Rods
   3. Fuel Rods
   4. Critical Mass
2. fuels created from fissionable material
   1. Organic Fuel
   2. Nuclear Fuel
   3. Biomass Fuel
   4. Fossil Fuel
3. The ability to do Work
   1. Energy
   2. Fuel
   3. Generator
   4. Fusion
4. energy produced by heat from the earth
   1. Generator
   2. Energy
   3. Hydroelectric Energy
   4. Geothermal Energy
5. A bomb developed in the 50's. this bomb uses uncontrolled nuclear fusion to release massive amounts of energy. Detonated by first detonating the Atomic Bomb
   1. Fuel Rods
   2. Atomic Bomb
   3. Control Rods
   4. Hydrogen Bomb

5 True/False Questions

1. High Level Radioactive Waste → Gives off low levels of ionizing radiation for a shorter time period, requires safe storage for 100 to 500 yrs

   True        False

2. Fuel Rods → A substance from which energy is formed

   True        False

3. Atomic Bomb → A bomb developed in the 50's. this bomb uses uncontrolled nuclear fusion to release massive amounts of energy. Detonated by first detonating the Atomic Bomb

   True        False

4. Meltdown → sub-critical masses of fissionable U-235 or plutonium

   True        False

5. Cooling Tower → tower in which the extremely high temperature steam (from the light water plant design) is cooled and condensed back into water to be reused

   True        False