Quizbank/How things work/Sample exam 2

1. How does Wikipedia assess the prospects of commercial fusion power production before 2050?

___ a) likely

___ b) unlikely

___ c) impossible

___ d) expected

2. In the United States, reprocessing of spent Uranium

___ a) provides 5% of our fuel needs which is consumed within the United states

___ b) provides 20% of our fuel needs and allows the United States to export nuclear fuel

___ c) is not allowed due to nuclear weapon proliferation concerns

___ d) is not allowed due to waste management concerns

3. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

___ a) 200

___ b) 500

___ c) 100

___ d) 400

___ e) 300

4. The dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, output and invested capital was

___ a) farm equipment

___ b) ship building

___ c) railroads

___ d) military spending

___ e) textiles

5. The purpose of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was to

___ a) remove seeds

___ b) weave cotton

___ c) spin cotton

___ d) clean cotton

___ e) pick cotton

6. High-level radioactive waste management is a daunting problem because

___ a) the isotopes are short-lived

___ b) the isotopes are long-lived

___ c) they cannot be stored underground

7. In 1953, "Atoms for Peace" was

___ a) a presidential speech warning of the need for nuclear arms agreements

___ b) a presidential speech promoting nuclear energy production

___ c) a congressional committee

___ d) a protest movement centered in US universities

8. Ernest Rutherford's "moonshine" was

___ a) what he called the idea of relying on fossil fuels

___ b) what called neutrons

___ c) what he called the idea of harnessing nuclear power

___ d) what he called alpha particles

9. If the electron behaved as a classical (non-quantum) particle and the electron was somehow connected to a spring inside the metal, then one would expect that photoelectrons would be emitted _______

___ a) above a threshold wavelength

___ b) above a thresholdfrequency

___ c) at a specific frequency

___ d) above a threshold intensity

10. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, men did the ______ and women did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the men required ______ person hours.

___ a) weaving, spinning, more

___ b) spinning, weaving, more

___ c) weaving, spinning, fewer

___ d) spinning, weaving, fewer

11. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

___ a) to reduce the heat required to boil it

___ b) only in the reactor core

___ c) to prevent it from boiling

___ d) to slow down the neutrons

12. According to Wikipedia, the prediction made in 1954 that electricity would someday be "too cheap to meter" was

___ a) an argument that fossil fuels are so abundant that we don't need nuclear energy

___ b) an effort to promote nuclear fusion as an energy source

___ c) an effort to promote nuclear fission as an energy source

13. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

___ a) neutrons are stable

___ b) neutrons permit induced radiation

___ c) neutrons are slow

14. Henry Cort developed rolling, which is 15 times _____ than ______

___ a) faster, hammering

___ b) cheaper, puddling

___ c) faster, puddling

___ d) cheaper, hammering

15. The first nuclear power plant to contribute to the grid was situated in

___ a) Oak Ridge

___ b) Russia

___ c) Great Britain

___ d) Virginia

16. Manchester acquired the nickname __________ during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of ______

___ a) Cottonopolis, textile factories

___ b) Coalopolis, coal mines

___ c) Weavopolis, Weaving factories

___ d) Cokopolis, coke processing plants

17. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

___ a) true

___ b) false

18. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

___ a) World War I (1914)

___ b) the American civil war (1861)

___ c) the American revolution (1776)

19. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

___ a) less

___ b) more

___ c) comparable

20. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

___ a) true

___ b) false

21. The Calico Acts were initially designed to protect

___ a) small manufacturers

___ b) the woollen industry

___ c) large manufacturers

___ d) domestic cotton production

22. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

___ a) assembly lines

___ b) iron making

___ c) steam power

___ d) textiles

23. It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will not be farmed for centuries

___ a) true

___ b) false

24. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

___ a) is currently taking nuclear waste from production reactors

___ b) can no longer nuclear waste from production reactors because it is full

___ c) was originally a research and development facility but is now under private ownership

25. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

___ a) hesperium;   fusion

___ b) fusion;   hesparium

___ c) fission;   hesparium

___ d) hesperium;   fission

26. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from coal plants is ___________ the radiation nuclear plants (excluding the possibility of accidental discharges of radioactive material

___ a) 100 times less than

___ b) 100 times more than

___ c) 10 times less than

___ d) about the same as

___ e) 10 times more than

27. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

___ a) shape plates for ship hulls

___ b) plane rails for railroads

___ c) drill coal mines

___ d) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

28. The reprocessing of spent Uranium helps alleviate the problem of long term waste storage

___ a) true

___ b) false

29. The third worst nuclear disaster occurred in Russia (1957) and was kept secret for 30 years

___ a) true

___ b) false

30. Nuclear power plants typically have

___ a) high capital costs and high fuel costs

___ b) low capital costs and high fuel costs

___ c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

___ d) high capital costs and low fuel costs

1. How does Wikipedia assess the prospects of commercial fusion power production before 2050?

- a) likely

+ b) unlikely

- c) impossible

- d) expected

2. In the United States, reprocessing of spent Uranium

- a) provides 5% of our fuel needs which is consumed within the United states

- b) provides 20% of our fuel needs and allows the United States to export nuclear fuel

+ c) is not allowed due to nuclear weapon proliferation concerns

- d) is not allowed due to waste management concerns

3. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

- a) 200

- b) 500

+ c) 100

- d) 400

- e) 300

4. The dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, output and invested capital was

- a) farm equipment

- b) ship building

- c) railroads

- d) military spending

+ e) textiles

5. The purpose of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was to

+ a) remove seeds

- b) weave cotton

- c) spin cotton

- d) clean cotton

- e) pick cotton

6. High-level radioactive waste management is a daunting problem because

- a) the isotopes are short-lived

+ b) the isotopes are long-lived

- c) they cannot be stored underground

7. In 1953, "Atoms for Peace" was

- a) a presidential speech warning of the need for nuclear arms agreements

+ b) a presidential speech promoting nuclear energy production

- c) a congressional committee

- d) a protest movement centered in US universities

8. Ernest Rutherford's "moonshine" was

- a) what he called the idea of relying on fossil fuels

- b) what called neutrons

+ c) what he called the idea of harnessing nuclear power

- d) what he called alpha particles

9. If the electron behaved as a classical (non-quantum) particle and the electron was somehow connected to a spring inside the metal, then one would expect that photoelectrons would be emitted _______

- a) above a threshold wavelength

- b) above a thresholdfrequency

+ c) at a specific frequency

- d) above a threshold intensity

10. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, men did the ______ and women did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the men required ______ person hours.

- a) weaving, spinning, more

- b) spinning, weaving, more

+ c) weaving, spinning, fewer

- d) spinning, weaving, fewer

11. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

- a) to reduce the heat required to boil it

- b) only in the reactor core

+ c) to prevent it from boiling

- d) to slow down the neutrons

12. According to Wikipedia, the prediction made in 1954 that electricity would someday be "too cheap to meter" was

- a) an argument that fossil fuels are so abundant that we don't need nuclear energy

+ b) an effort to promote nuclear fusion as an energy source

- c) an effort to promote nuclear fission as an energy source

13. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

- a) neutrons are stable

+ b) neutrons permit induced radiation

- c) neutrons are slow

14. Henry Cort developed rolling, which is 15 times _____ than ______

+ a) faster, hammering

- b) cheaper, puddling

- c) faster, puddling

- d) cheaper, hammering

15. The first nuclear power plant to contribute to the grid was situated in

- a) Oak Ridge

+ b) Russia

- c) Great Britain

- d) Virginia

16. Manchester acquired the nickname __________ during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of ______

+ a) Cottonopolis, textile factories

- b) Coalopolis, coal mines

- c) Weavopolis, Weaving factories

- d) Cokopolis, coke processing plants

17. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

+ a) true

- b) false

18. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

- a) World War I (1914)

- b) the American civil war (1861)

+ c) the American revolution (1776)

19. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

- a) less

- b) more

+ c) comparable

20. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

- a) true

+ b) false

21. The Calico Acts were initially designed to protect

- a) small manufacturers

+ b) the woollen industry

- c) large manufacturers

- d) domestic cotton production

22. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

+ a) assembly lines

- b) iron making

- c) steam power

- d) textiles

23. It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will not be farmed for centuries

+ a) true

- b) false

24. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

+ a) is currently taking nuclear waste from production reactors

- b) can no longer nuclear waste from production reactors because it is full

- c) was originally a research and development facility but is now under private ownership

25. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

- a) hesperium;   fusion

- b) fusion;   hesparium

- c) fission;   hesparium

+ d) hesperium;   fission

26. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from coal plants is ___________ the radiation nuclear plants (excluding the possibility of accidental discharges of radioactive material

- a) 100 times less than

+ b) 100 times more than

- c) 10 times less than

- d) about the same as

- e) 10 times more than

27. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

- a) shape plates for ship hulls

- b) plane rails for railroads

- c) drill coal mines

+ d) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

28. The reprocessing of spent Uranium helps alleviate the problem of long term waste storage

+ a) true

- b) false

29. The third worst nuclear disaster occurred in Russia (1957) and was kept secret for 30 years

+ a) true

- b) false

30. Nuclear power plants typically have

- a) high capital costs and high fuel costs

- b) low capital costs and high fuel costs

- c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

+ d) high capital costs and low fuel costs

1. It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will not be farmed for centuries

___ a) true

___ b) false

2. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

___ a) neutrons are slow

___ b) neutrons are stable

___ c) neutrons permit induced radiation

3. The reprocessing of spent Uranium helps alleviate the problem of long term waste storage

___ a) true

___ b) false

4. Henry Cort developed rolling, which is 15 times _____ than ______

___ a) cheaper, puddling

___ b) faster, puddling

___ c) faster, hammering

___ d) cheaper, hammering

5. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

___ a) World War I (1914)

___ b) the American civil war (1861)

___ c) the American revolution (1776)

6. The dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, output and invested capital was

___ a) textiles

___ b) ship building

___ c) farm equipment

___ d) military spending

___ e) railroads

7. In the United States, reprocessing of spent Uranium

___ a) provides 20% of our fuel needs and allows the United States to export nuclear fuel

___ b) is not allowed due to waste management concerns

___ c) is not allowed due to nuclear weapon proliferation concerns

___ d) provides 5% of our fuel needs which is consumed within the United states

8. The third worst nuclear disaster occurred in Russia (1957) and was kept secret for 30 years

___ a) true

___ b) false

9. Ernest Rutherford's "moonshine" was

___ a) what called neutrons

___ b) what he called alpha particles

___ c) what he called the idea of harnessing nuclear power

___ d) what he called the idea of relying on fossil fuels

10. The Calico Acts were initially designed to protect

___ a) small manufacturers

___ b) the woollen industry

___ c) large manufacturers

___ d) domestic cotton production

11. According to Wikipedia, the prediction made in 1954 that electricity would someday be "too cheap to meter" was

___ a) an effort to promote nuclear fusion as an energy source

___ b) an effort to promote nuclear fission as an energy source

___ c) an argument that fossil fuels are so abundant that we don't need nuclear energy

12. If the electron behaved as a classical (non-quantum) particle and the electron was somehow connected to a spring inside the metal, then one would expect that photoelectrons would be emitted _______

___ a) above a threshold wavelength

___ b) at a specific frequency

___ c) above a thresholdfrequency

___ d) above a threshold intensity

13. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

___ a) 400

___ b) 500

___ c) 200

___ d) 300

___ e) 100

14. The purpose of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was to

___ a) weave cotton

___ b) remove seeds

___ c) pick cotton

___ d) clean cotton

___ e) spin cotton

15. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

___ a) is currently taking nuclear waste from production reactors

___ b) was originally a research and development facility but is now under private ownership

___ c) can no longer nuclear waste from production reactors because it is full

16. The first nuclear power plant to contribute to the grid was situated in

___ a) Oak Ridge

___ b) Virginia

___ c) Great Britain

___ d) Russia

17. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

___ a) shape plates for ship hulls

___ b) drill coal mines

___ c) plane rails for railroads

___ d) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

18. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

___ a) fusion;   hesparium

___ b) hesperium;   fission

___ c) hesperium;   fusion

___ d) fission;   hesparium

19. In 1953, "Atoms for Peace" was

___ a) a presidential speech warning of the need for nuclear arms agreements

___ b) a congressional committee

___ c) a presidential speech promoting nuclear energy production

___ d) a protest movement centered in US universities

20. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

___ a) more

___ b) comparable

___ c) less

21. High-level radioactive waste management is a daunting problem because

___ a) they cannot be stored underground

___ b) the isotopes are short-lived

___ c) the isotopes are long-lived

22. Manchester acquired the nickname __________ during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of ______

___ a) Weavopolis, Weaving factories

___ b) Coalopolis, coal mines

___ c) Cottonopolis, textile factories

___ d) Cokopolis, coke processing plants

23. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from coal plants is ___________ the radiation nuclear plants (excluding the possibility of accidental discharges of radioactive material

___ a) about the same as

___ b) 100 times more than

___ c) 10 times more than

___ d) 100 times less than

___ e) 10 times less than

24. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

___ a) true

___ b) false

25. How does Wikipedia assess the prospects of commercial fusion power production before 2050?

___ a) likely

___ b) impossible

___ c) unlikely

___ d) expected

26. Nuclear power plants typically have

___ a) low capital costs and low fuel costs

___ b) high capital costs and high fuel costs

___ c) low capital costs and high fuel costs

___ d) high capital costs and low fuel costs

27. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

___ a) textiles

___ b) iron making

___ c) steam power

___ d) assembly lines

28. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

___ a) to prevent it from boiling

___ b) to slow down the neutrons

___ c) only in the reactor core

___ d) to reduce the heat required to boil it

29. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

___ a) true

___ b) false

30. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, men did the ______ and women did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the men required ______ person hours.

___ a) spinning, weaving, fewer

___ b) weaving, spinning, more

___ c) spinning, weaving, more

___ d) weaving, spinning, fewer

1. It has been estimated that farmland lost due to Fukushima accident will not be farmed for centuries

+ a) true

- b) false

2. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

- a) neutrons are slow

- b) neutrons are stable

+ c) neutrons permit induced radiation

3. The reprocessing of spent Uranium helps alleviate the problem of long term waste storage

+ a) true

- b) false

4. Henry Cort developed rolling, which is 15 times _____ than ______

- a) cheaper, puddling

- b) faster, puddling

+ c) faster, hammering

- d) cheaper, hammering

5. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

- a) World War I (1914)

- b) the American civil war (1861)

+ c) the American revolution (1776)

6. The dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, output and invested capital was

+ a) textiles

- b) ship building

- c) farm equipment

- d) military spending

- e) railroads

7. In the United States, reprocessing of spent Uranium

- a) provides 20% of our fuel needs and allows the United States to export nuclear fuel

- b) is not allowed due to waste management concerns

+ c) is not allowed due to nuclear weapon proliferation concerns

- d) provides 5% of our fuel needs which is consumed within the United states

8. The third worst nuclear disaster occurred in Russia (1957) and was kept secret for 30 years

+ a) true

- b) false

9. Ernest Rutherford's "moonshine" was

- a) what called neutrons

- b) what he called alpha particles

+ c) what he called the idea of harnessing nuclear power

- d) what he called the idea of relying on fossil fuels

10. The Calico Acts were initially designed to protect

- a) small manufacturers

+ b) the woollen industry

- c) large manufacturers

- d) domestic cotton production

11. According to Wikipedia, the prediction made in 1954 that electricity would someday be "too cheap to meter" was

+ a) an effort to promote nuclear fusion as an energy source

- b) an effort to promote nuclear fission as an energy source

- c) an argument that fossil fuels are so abundant that we don't need nuclear energy

12. If the electron behaved as a classical (non-quantum) particle and the electron was somehow connected to a spring inside the metal, then one would expect that photoelectrons would be emitted _______

- a) above a threshold wavelength

+ b) at a specific frequency

- c) above a thresholdfrequency

- d) above a threshold intensity

13. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

- a) 400

- b) 500

- c) 200

- d) 300

+ e) 100

14. The purpose of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was to

- a) weave cotton

+ b) remove seeds

- c) pick cotton

- d) clean cotton

- e) spin cotton

15. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

+ a) is currently taking nuclear waste from production reactors

- b) was originally a research and development facility but is now under private ownership

- c) can no longer nuclear waste from production reactors because it is full

16. The first nuclear power plant to contribute to the grid was situated in

- a) Oak Ridge

- b) Virginia

- c) Great Britain

+ d) Russia

17. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

- a) shape plates for ship hulls

- b) drill coal mines

- c) plane rails for railroads

+ d) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

18. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

- a) fusion;   hesparium

+ b) hesperium;   fission

- c) hesperium;   fusion

- d) fission;   hesparium

19. In 1953, "Atoms for Peace" was

- a) a presidential speech warning of the need for nuclear arms agreements

- b) a congressional committee

+ c) a presidential speech promoting nuclear energy production

- d) a protest movement centered in US universities

20. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

- a) more

+ b) comparable

- c) less

21. High-level radioactive waste management is a daunting problem because

- a) they cannot be stored underground

- b) the isotopes are short-lived

+ c) the isotopes are long-lived

22. Manchester acquired the nickname __________ during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of ______

- a) Weavopolis, Weaving factories

- b) Coalopolis, coal mines

+ c) Cottonopolis, textile factories

- d) Cokopolis, coke processing plants

23. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from coal plants is ___________ the radiation nuclear plants (excluding the possibility of accidental discharges of radioactive material

- a) about the same as

+ b) 100 times more than

- c) 10 times more than

- d) 100 times less than

- e) 10 times less than

24. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

- a) true

+ b) false

25. How does Wikipedia assess the prospects of commercial fusion power production before 2050?

- a) likely

- b) impossible

+ c) unlikely

- d) expected

26. Nuclear power plants typically have

- a) low capital costs and low fuel costs

- b) high capital costs and high fuel costs

- c) low capital costs and high fuel costs

+ d) high capital costs and low fuel costs

27. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

- a) textiles

- b) iron making

- c) steam power

+ d) assembly lines

28. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

+ a) to prevent it from boiling

- b) to slow down the neutrons

- c) only in the reactor core

- d) to reduce the heat required to boil it

29. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

+ a) true

- b) false

30. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, men did the ______ and women did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the men required ______ person hours.

- a) spinning, weaving, fewer

- b) weaving, spinning, more

- c) spinning, weaving, more

+ d) weaving, spinning, fewer

1. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

___ a) the American civil war (1861)

___ b) the American revolution (1776)

___ c) World War I (1914)

2. From the figure depicting percentage of power produced by nuclear power plants, we see that the proper ranking from greatest to least reliance on nuclear power for three nations is

___ a) United States, France, with Turkey least reliant.

___ b) France, United States, with Turkey least reliant.

___ c) United States, Turkey, France least reliant.

___ d) France ,Turkey , with the United States least reliant.

3. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

___ a) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

___ b) drill coal mines

___ c) plane rails for railroads

___ d) shape plates for ship hulls

4. Fuel rods spend typically ______ total now inside the reactor, generally until _____ of their uranium has been fissioned

___ a) 6 years;   3%

___ b) 6 months;   3%

___ c) 6 months;   30%

___ d) 6 years;   30%

5. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

___ a) true

___ b) false

6. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

___ a) to reduce the heat required to boil it

___ b) only in the reactor core

___ c) to slow down the neutrons

___ d) to prevent it from boiling

7. Chadwick's discovery of the neutron was significant because neutrons

___ a) are an excellent fuel for nuclear power

___ b) are not radioactive

___ c) can be used to create radioactive material at a low price

8. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

___ a) 200

___ b) 500

___ c) 100

___ d) 300

___ e) 400

9. Fast breeder reactors use uranium-238, an isotope which constitutes _____ of naturally occurring uranium

___ a) 99%

___ b) 30%

___ c) 3%

___ d) 1 %

___ e) 60%

10. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from properly run nuclear plants is ___________ the radiation created by burning coal

___ a) 100 times more than

___ b) 10 times more than

___ c) 100 times less than

___ d) 10 times less than

___ e) about the same as

11. Uranium is approximately ______________ than silver in the Earth's crust.

___ a) 4 times less common

___ b) 4 times more common

___ c) 40 times more common

___ d) 40 times less common

12. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

___ a) neutrons are stable

___ b) neutrons permit induced radiation

___ c) neutrons are slow

13. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

___ a) fission;   hesparium

___ b) hesperium;   fusion

___ c) hesperium;   fission

___ d) fusion;   hesparium

14. Nuclear power plants typically have

___ a) high capital costs and high fuel costs

___ b) high capital costs and low fuel costs

___ c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

___ d) low capital costs and high fuel costs

15. The Manhattan project made

___ a) plutonium and enriched hesparium

___ b) uranium and enriched plutonium

___ c) plutonium and enriched uranium

16. During the Industrial Revolution, the best Chemists were trained in

___ a) Germany

___ b) Italy

___ c) Sweden

___ d) United States

___ e) Great Britain

17. For most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industrial power was supplied by

___ a) water and wind.

___ b) steam and wind.

___ c) water and steam.

18. One concern is that long term nuclear waste management is now being performed by a number of private waste management companies

___ a) true

___ b) false

19. Neutrons and protons both have "strong" short range interactions with the nucleus. Why can't slow protons be used to cause nuclei to undergo fission?

___ a) slow protons are attracted to the nucleus

___ b) protons move at the speed of light

___ c) slow protons can induce fission but they are too expensive to produce

___ d) protons are positively charged

20. In the photoelectric effect, how was the maximum kinetic energy measured?

___ a) by measuring the voltage required to prevent the electrons from passing between the two electrodes.

___ b) by measuring the distance between the electrodes

___ c) by measuring the wavelength of the light

21. According to Wikipedia, the amount of green house gasses associated with the construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants is ________ than the emissions associated with other renewable sources (wind, solar, and hydro power.)

___ a) less

___ b) greater

___ c) about the same

22. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

___ a) true

___ b) false

23. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, women did the ______ and men did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the women required ______ person hours.

___ a) weaving, spinning, more

___ b) weaving, spinning, fewer

___ c) spinning, weaving, fewer

___ d) spinning, weaving, more

24. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

___ a) steam power

___ b) textiles

___ c) iron making

___ d) assembly lines

25. The Miner's Friend

___ a) pumped water

___ b) transported miners

___ c) provided ventilation

___ d) was electrical lighting

26. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

___ a) comparable

___ b) less

___ c) more

27. Which was developed first, nuclear power generation or nuclear weapons?

___ a) they were developed simultaneously

___ b) nuclear weapons

___ c) nuclear power generation

28. One concern about fast breeder reactors is that the uranium reserves will be exhausted more quickly

___ a) true

___ b) false

29. Cartwright built two textile factories. One of them

___ a) was sabotaged by workers

___ b) two of these are true

___ c) burned down

___ d) is still in use today

___ e) was transported to Germany

30. A major change in the metal industries during the era of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal. Compared to wood, coal required

___ a) less labour to mine, but was less abundant (until the Rineland coal fields were discovered).

___ b) less labour to mine and was also more abundant.

___ c) about the same labour to mine, but was more abundant than wood.

1. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

- a) the American civil war (1861)

+ b) the American revolution (1776)

- c) World War I (1914)

2. From the figure depicting percentage of power produced by nuclear power plants, we see that the proper ranking from greatest to least reliance on nuclear power for three nations is

- a) United States, France, with Turkey least reliant.

+ b) France, United States, with Turkey least reliant.

- c) United States, Turkey, France least reliant.

- d) France ,Turkey , with the United States least reliant.

3. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

+ a) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

- b) drill coal mines

- c) plane rails for railroads

- d) shape plates for ship hulls

4. Fuel rods spend typically ______ total now inside the reactor, generally until _____ of their uranium has been fissioned

+ a) 6 years;   3%

- b) 6 months;   3%

- c) 6 months;   30%

- d) 6 years;   30%

5. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

- a) true

+ b) false

6. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

- a) to reduce the heat required to boil it

- b) only in the reactor core

- c) to slow down the neutrons

+ d) to prevent it from boiling

7. Chadwick's discovery of the neutron was significant because neutrons

- a) are an excellent fuel for nuclear power

- b) are not radioactive

+ c) can be used to create radioactive material at a low price

8. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

- a) 200

- b) 500

+ c) 100

- d) 300

- e) 400

9. Fast breeder reactors use uranium-238, an isotope which constitutes _____ of naturally occurring uranium

+ a) 99%

- b) 30%

- c) 3%

- d) 1 %

- e) 60%

10. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from properly run nuclear plants is ___________ the radiation created by burning coal

- a) 100 times more than

- b) 10 times more than

+ c) 100 times less than

- d) 10 times less than

- e) about the same as

11. Uranium is approximately ______________ than silver in the Earth's crust.

- a) 4 times less common

- b) 4 times more common

+ c) 40 times more common

- d) 40 times less common

12. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

- a) neutrons are stable

+ b) neutrons permit induced radiation

- c) neutrons are slow

13. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

- a) fission;   hesparium

- b) hesperium;   fusion

+ c) hesperium;   fission

- d) fusion;   hesparium

14. Nuclear power plants typically have

- a) high capital costs and high fuel costs

+ b) high capital costs and low fuel costs

- c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

- d) low capital costs and high fuel costs

15. The Manhattan project made

- a) plutonium and enriched hesparium

- b) uranium and enriched plutonium

+ c) plutonium and enriched uranium

16. During the Industrial Revolution, the best Chemists were trained in

+ a) Germany

- b) Italy

- c) Sweden

- d) United States

- e) Great Britain

17. For most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industrial power was supplied by

+ a) water and wind.

- b) steam and wind.

- c) water and steam.

18. One concern is that long term nuclear waste management is now being performed by a number of private waste management companies

- a) true

+ b) false

19. Neutrons and protons both have "strong" short range interactions with the nucleus. Why can't slow protons be used to cause nuclei to undergo fission?

- a) slow protons are attracted to the nucleus

- b) protons move at the speed of light

- c) slow protons can induce fission but they are too expensive to produce

+ d) protons are positively charged

20. In the photoelectric effect, how was the maximum kinetic energy measured?

+ a) by measuring the voltage required to prevent the electrons from passing between the two electrodes.

- b) by measuring the distance between the electrodes

- c) by measuring the wavelength of the light

21. According to Wikipedia, the amount of green house gasses associated with the construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants is ________ than the emissions associated with other renewable sources (wind, solar, and hydro power.)

- a) less

- b) greater

+ c) about the same

22. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

+ a) true

- b) false

23. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, women did the ______ and men did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the women required ______ person hours.

- a) weaving, spinning, more

- b) weaving, spinning, fewer

- c) spinning, weaving, fewer

+ d) spinning, weaving, more

24. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

- a) steam power

- b) textiles

- c) iron making

+ d) assembly lines

25. The Miner's Friend

+ a) pumped water

- b) transported miners

- c) provided ventilation

- d) was electrical lighting

26. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

+ a) comparable

- b) less

- c) more

27. Which was developed first, nuclear power generation or nuclear weapons?

- a) they were developed simultaneously

+ b) nuclear weapons

- c) nuclear power generation

28. One concern about fast breeder reactors is that the uranium reserves will be exhausted more quickly

- a) true

+ b) false

29. Cartwright built two textile factories. One of them

- a) was sabotaged by workers

+ b) two of these are true

- c) burned down

- d) is still in use today

- e) was transported to Germany

30. A major change in the metal industries during the era of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal. Compared to wood, coal required

- a) less labour to mine, but was less abundant (until the Rineland coal fields were discovered).

+ b) less labour to mine and was also more abundant.

- c) about the same labour to mine, but was more abundant than wood.

1. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

___ a) World War I (1914)

___ b) the American revolution (1776)

___ c) the American civil war (1861)

2. One concern about fast breeder reactors is that the uranium reserves will be exhausted more quickly

___ a) true

___ b) false

3. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from properly run nuclear plants is ___________ the radiation created by burning coal

___ a) 10 times more than

___ b) about the same as

___ c) 10 times less than

___ d) 100 times less than

___ e) 100 times more than

4. In the photoelectric effect, how was the maximum kinetic energy measured?

___ a) by measuring the wavelength of the light

___ b) by measuring the voltage required to prevent the electrons from passing between the two electrodes.

___ c) by measuring the distance between the electrodes

5. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

___ a) comparable

___ b) more

___ c) less

6. From the figure depicting percentage of power produced by nuclear power plants, we see that the proper ranking from greatest to least reliance on nuclear power for three nations is

___ a) France ,Turkey , with the United States least reliant.

___ b) United States, France, with Turkey least reliant.

___ c) France, United States, with Turkey least reliant.

___ d) United States, Turkey, France least reliant.

7. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

___ a) fission;   hesparium

___ b) fusion;   hesparium

___ c) hesperium;   fission

___ d) hesperium;   fusion

8. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

___ a) true

___ b) false

9. The Miner's Friend

___ a) pumped water

___ b) was electrical lighting

___ c) transported miners

___ d) provided ventilation

10. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

___ a) shape plates for ship hulls

___ b) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

___ c) plane rails for railroads

___ d) drill coal mines

11. A major change in the metal industries during the era of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal. Compared to wood, coal required

___ a) less labour to mine, but was less abundant (until the Rineland coal fields were discovered).

___ b) about the same labour to mine, but was more abundant than wood.

___ c) less labour to mine and was also more abundant.

12. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

___ a) assembly lines

___ b) iron making

___ c) steam power

___ d) textiles

13. Which was developed first, nuclear power generation or nuclear weapons?

___ a) they were developed simultaneously

___ b) nuclear weapons

___ c) nuclear power generation

14. The Manhattan project made

___ a) uranium and enriched plutonium

___ b) plutonium and enriched hesparium

___ c) plutonium and enriched uranium

15. One concern is that long term nuclear waste management is now being performed by a number of private waste management companies

___ a) true

___ b) false

16. Neutrons and protons both have "strong" short range interactions with the nucleus. Why can't slow protons be used to cause nuclei to undergo fission?

___ a) protons are positively charged

___ b) slow protons are attracted to the nucleus

___ c) slow protons can induce fission but they are too expensive to produce

___ d) protons move at the speed of light

17. Chadwick's discovery of the neutron was significant because neutrons

___ a) can be used to create radioactive material at a low price

___ b) are an excellent fuel for nuclear power

___ c) are not radioactive

18. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

___ a) only in the reactor core

___ b) to prevent it from boiling

___ c) to reduce the heat required to boil it

___ d) to slow down the neutrons

19. Nuclear power plants typically have

___ a) low capital costs and high fuel costs

___ b) high capital costs and low fuel costs

___ c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

___ d) high capital costs and high fuel costs

20. For most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industrial power was supplied by

___ a) water and wind.

___ b) water and steam.

___ c) steam and wind.

21. According to Wikipedia, the amount of green house gasses associated with the construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants is ________ than the emissions associated with other renewable sources (wind, solar, and hydro power.)

___ a) about the same

___ b) less

___ c) greater

22. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, women did the ______ and men did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the women required ______ person hours.

___ a) weaving, spinning, more

___ b) spinning, weaving, more

___ c) spinning, weaving, fewer

___ d) weaving, spinning, fewer

23. Fast breeder reactors use uranium-238, an isotope which constitutes _____ of naturally occurring uranium

___ a) 60%

___ b) 3%

___ c) 99%

___ d) 30%

___ e) 1 %

24. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

___ a) true

___ b) false

25. Fuel rods spend typically ______ total now inside the reactor, generally until _____ of their uranium has been fissioned

___ a) 6 months;   30%

___ b) 6 years;   30%

___ c) 6 years;   3%

___ d) 6 months;   3%

26. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

___ a) 400

___ b) 200

___ c) 300

___ d) 500

___ e) 100

27. Cartwright built two textile factories. One of them

___ a) was sabotaged by workers

___ b) is still in use today

___ c) burned down

___ d) two of these are true

___ e) was transported to Germany

28. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

___ a) neutrons permit induced radiation

___ b) neutrons are stable

___ c) neutrons are slow

29. During the Industrial Revolution, the best Chemists were trained in

___ a) Great Britain

___ b) Sweden

___ c) Germany

___ d) United States

___ e) Italy

30. Uranium is approximately ______________ than silver in the Earth's crust.

___ a) 40 times less common

___ b) 4 times more common

___ c) 4 times less common

___ d) 40 times more common

1. The Industrial Revolution began shortly before

- a) World War I (1914)

+ b) the American revolution (1776)

- c) the American civil war (1861)

2. One concern about fast breeder reactors is that the uranium reserves will be exhausted more quickly

- a) true

+ b) false

3. A 2008 report from Oak Ridge National Laboratory concluded that the dose to the public from radiation from properly run nuclear plants is ___________ the radiation created by burning coal

- a) 10 times more than

- b) about the same as

- c) 10 times less than

+ d) 100 times less than

- e) 100 times more than

4. In the photoelectric effect, how was the maximum kinetic energy measured?

- a) by measuring the wavelength of the light

+ b) by measuring the voltage required to prevent the electrons from passing between the two electrodes.

- c) by measuring the distance between the electrodes

5. In terms of lives lost per unit of energy generated, evidence suggests that nuclear power has caused ______ fatalities per unit of energy generated than the other major sources of energy.

+ a) comparable

- b) more

- c) less

6. From the figure depicting percentage of power produced by nuclear power plants, we see that the proper ranking from greatest to least reliance on nuclear power for three nations is

- a) France ,Turkey , with the United States least reliant.

- b) United States, France, with Turkey least reliant.

+ c) France, United States, with Turkey least reliant.

- d) United States, Turkey, France least reliant.

7. Fermi thought he had discovered ________, when he actually discovered ________

- a) fission;   hesparium

- b) fusion;   hesparium

+ c) hesperium;   fission

- d) hesperium;   fusion

8. It has been estimated that if Japan had never adopted nuclear power, the use of other fuels would have caused more lost years of life.

+ a) true

- b) false

9. The Miner's Friend

+ a) pumped water

- b) was electrical lighting

- c) transported miners

- d) provided ventilation

10. According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to

- a) shape plates for ship hulls

+ b) bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines.

- c) plane rails for railroads

- d) drill coal mines

11. A major change in the metal industries during the era of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal. Compared to wood, coal required

- a) less labour to mine, but was less abundant (until the Rineland coal fields were discovered).

- b) about the same labour to mine, but was more abundant than wood.

+ c) less labour to mine and was also more abundant.

12. Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?

+ a) assembly lines

- b) iron making

- c) steam power

- d) textiles

13. Which was developed first, nuclear power generation or nuclear weapons?

- a) they were developed simultaneously

+ b) nuclear weapons

- c) nuclear power generation

14. The Manhattan project made

- a) uranium and enriched plutonium

- b) plutonium and enriched hesparium

+ c) plutonium and enriched uranium

15. One concern is that long term nuclear waste management is now being performed by a number of private waste management companies

- a) true

+ b) false

16. Neutrons and protons both have "strong" short range interactions with the nucleus. Why can't slow protons be used to cause nuclei to undergo fission?

+ a) protons are positively charged

- b) slow protons are attracted to the nucleus

- c) slow protons can induce fission but they are too expensive to produce

- d) protons move at the speed of light

17. Chadwick's discovery of the neutron was significant because neutrons

+ a) can be used to create radioactive material at a low price

- b) are an excellent fuel for nuclear power

- c) are not radioactive

18. In a PWR reactor, the water is kept under high pressure

- a) only in the reactor core

+ b) to prevent it from boiling

- c) to reduce the heat required to boil it

- d) to slow down the neutrons

19. Nuclear power plants typically have

- a) low capital costs and high fuel costs

+ b) high capital costs and low fuel costs

- c) low capital costs and low fuel costs

- d) high capital costs and high fuel costs

20. For most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industrial power was supplied by

+ a) water and wind.

- b) water and steam.

- c) steam and wind.

21. According to Wikipedia, the amount of green house gasses associated with the construction and maintenance of nuclear power plants is ________ than the emissions associated with other renewable sources (wind, solar, and hydro power.)

+ a) about the same

- b) less

- c) greater

22. On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, women did the ______ and men did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the women required ______ person hours.

- a) weaving, spinning, more

+ b) spinning, weaving, more

- c) spinning, weaving, fewer

- d) weaving, spinning, fewer

23. Fast breeder reactors use uranium-238, an isotope which constitutes _____ of naturally occurring uranium

- a) 60%

- b) 3%

+ c) 99%

- d) 30%

- e) 1 %

24. More US nuclear submarines sank due to nuclear accidents than did Russian submarines

- a) true

+ b) false

25. Fuel rods spend typically ______ total now inside the reactor, generally until _____ of their uranium has been fissioned

- a) 6 months;   30%

- b) 6 years;   30%

+ c) 6 years;   3%

- d) 6 months;   3%

26. The Industrial Revolution lasted just under _____ years

- a) 400

- b) 200

- c) 300

- d) 500

+ e) 100

27. Cartwright built two textile factories. One of them

- a) was sabotaged by workers

- b) is still in use today

- c) burned down

+ d) two of these are true

- e) was transported to Germany

28. Chadwicks discovery of the neutron was significant because

+ a) neutrons permit induced radiation

- b) neutrons are stable

- c) neutrons are slow

29. During the Industrial Revolution, the best Chemists were trained in

- a) Great Britain

- b) Sweden

+ c) Germany

- d) United States

- e) Italy

30. Uranium is approximately ______________ than silver in the Earth's crust.

- a) 40 times less common

- b) 4 times more common

- c) 4 times less common

+ d) 40 times more common