Quiz  /  Three Mile Island Accident

  • 1. 
    Where is Three Mile Island located?

  • Florida
  • California
  • Pennsylvania
  • Texas

  • 2. 
    What is it that makes nuclear power potentially dangerous?

  • Fossil fuels
  • Chemicals that are dumped in the river
  • Radiation
  • Smoke pollution

  • 3. 
    What is the nuclear reaction called that generates heat for a power plant?

  • Organic
  • Collision
  • Fission
  • Chemical

  • 4. 
    True or False: Authorities believe that the accident at Three Mile Island had little effect on the environment.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 5. 
    Who was president at the time of the accident?

  • Jimmy Carter
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Gerald Ford
  • George Bush

  • 6. 
    Around how much of the electrical energy used in the United States is generated by nuclear power plants?

  • 2%
  • 1%
  • 10%
  • 20%

  • 7. 
    What is it called when a nuclear reactor core is damaged from overheating?

  • Nuclear fallout
  • Crash
  • Chain reaction
  • Meltdown

  • 8. 
    What happened to cause the reactor to fail?

  • A valve was stuck open
  • It was bombed
  • Someone forgot to turn it off at night
  • There was a nuclear explosion

  • 9. 
    True or False: Three Mile Island is considered the worst nuclear disaster in world history.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 10. 
    What happened as a result of the Three Mile Island accident?

  • All of the above
  • Nuclear power was outlawed
  • New regulations were put in place to make nuclear power safer
  • The construction of nuclear plants increased
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