Atoms and nuclear energy trivia

Try 20 Atoms and nuclear energy trivia questions one at a time, no sign-in needed. Harder questions and review of what you missed continue in the LoreUp app.

• Which equipment in a nuclear power station is turned by the force of steam to make electricity?Atoms and nuclear energy
• What charge does the neutron in a nucleus carry?Atoms and nuclear energy
• Which device in a reactor absorbs neutrons to regulate the chain reaction?Atoms and nuclear energy
• What do we call the time it takes for half of a set of radioactive nuclei to decay?Atoms and nuclear energy
• An alpha particle has the same make-up as what?Atoms and nuclear energy
• In a nuclear power station, what form does the energy from fission mainly take first?Atoms and nuclear energy
• Which kind of radiation penetrates so weakly that a single sheet of paper can stop it?Atoms and nuclear energy
• What is the reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits into two or more lighter nuclei?Atoms and nuclear energy
• What is the reaction in which light nuclei join to make a heavier nucleus?Atoms and nuclear energy
• What is the SI unit for the strength of radioactivity?Atoms and nuclear energy
• Radioactive decay is the process in which an unstable nucleus gives off radiation as it changes into a more stable state.Atoms and nuclear energy
• A nuclear power station uses the heat from the nuclear reaction to boil water into steam and turn a turbine, producing electricity.Atoms and nuclear energy
• The control rods in a reactor are devices that make more neutrons and speed the chain reaction up.Atoms and nuclear energy
• If a neutron released by fission causes another nucleus to split, a chain reaction can carry on.Atoms and nuclear energy
• The defining nuclear fuel of nuclear power is not uranium but coal.Atoms and nuclear energy
• Alpha radiation can mostly be stopped by a single sheet of paper or the outer layer of the skin.Atoms and nuclear energy
• When a single radioactive nucleus will decay is hard to predict, but the overall pattern of decay across many nuclei can be described by a half-life.Atoms and nuclear energy
• An atomic nucleus is made up of protons and electrons.Atoms and nuclear energy
• Fusion is the reaction in which a heavy nucleus breaks in two.Atoms and nuclear energy
• Fission is the reaction in which light nuclei come together into one.Atoms and nuclear energy