Nuclear Science Quizzes & Trivia

Are you fascinated by the study of nuclear science? Does the thought of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons excite you? In such a case, take our online nuclear science quizzes and learn amazing facts about electromagnetic fields, radioactivity, nuclear physics, and more.

Top Trending Quizzes

Atoms, Ions And Isotopes: Trivia Quiz!

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 813 | Last updated: Jan 17, 2022

Sample Question
What type of ion forms when an atom gains electrons?

Neutral

Positive

Negative

Possibly positive or negative

Chapter 33: Atomic Nucleus And Radioactivity

Questions: 68 | Attempts: 205 | Last updated: Mar 26, 2013

Sample Question
X-rays may be regarded as

High frequency sound waves.

High frequency radio waves.

Both of these

None of these

3.1 Quiz - Nuclear Emissions

Do this quiz ONLY with your Reference Tables!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 346 | Last updated: Oct 27, 2015

Sample Question
The nucleus of U-238 is unstable. This causes U-238 to spontaneously...

Oxidize

Decay

Reduce

Combine

What Kind Of Nuclear Holocaust Survivor Are You?

Find out if you'll be the leader of a new civilisation or end up as nuclear waste!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 2765 | Last updated: Dec 17, 2015

Sample Question
The Bomb drops, where are you?

Chillin' in the sunshine

Learning how to build car engines

Being involved in a road-rage incident

Fitting on my sofa playing Fifa

Messing about in my little vegetable garden

Atomic And Nuclear Physics Hardest Quiz!

What we have here is considered atomic and nuclear physics hardest quiz! A lot of people are confused about what makes atomic and nuclear physics is centered on. While one focuses on the atom the other focuses n protons and...

Questions: 62 | Attempts: 924 | Last updated: Nov 25, 2020

Sample Question
In the Geiger-Marsden experiment, α particles are scattered by gold nuclei. The experimental results indicate that most α particles are

Scattered only at small angles

Scattered only at large angles

Absorbed in the target

Scattered back along the original direction.

Recent Quizzes

Nuclear Fusion Vs. Fission: Do You Know The Difference?

Nuclear Fusion vs. Fission: Do you know the Difference?

Nuclear power has been a large, yet misunderstood source of energy due to accidents such as Chernobyl. The truth is nuclear reactions create a lot of good, clean power, but fusion and fission are two completely different...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 222 | Last updated: Jun 19, 2018

Sample Question
Combining 2 nuclei together to produce energy is the process of?

Fusion

Fission

12 Chemistry Unit-7 Nucler Chemistry

12 CHEMISTRY Unit-7 NUCLER CHEMISTRY

Prepared by: G. KUPPUSWAMY, P.G.Asst., Pachaiyapp's HSS, Kanchipuram. ...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1125 | Last updated: Jan 1, 2014

Ut Nuclear Power Quiz

UT Nuclear Power Quiz

Test longhorns' knowledge of nuclear power and radiation.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 45 | Last updated: Jan 24, 2013

Sample Question
Which Longhorn likely has been exposed to more radiation throughout their life-time?

Bevo, the Great

Sarah, the studious, who lives in the library

Ivan, the Iranian exchange student, from the town of Ramsar

Paul, the partier, who regularly drinks large abouts of beer to celebrate UT games

(4.) Physics Hl/Sl. Atomic And Nuclear Physics / Energy, Power, Climate Change

(4.) Physics HL/SL. Atomic and nuclear physics / Energy, power, climate change

Quiz on physics sections 7 and 8, focusing on definitions. Don't screw up the definition questions!ï¿½You getï¿½free points if you just learn them.

Questions: 32 | Attempts: 123 | Last updated: Jan 24, 2013

Sample Question
“A spectrum where all possible frequencies of light are present” What is being defined?

Continuous spectrum

Emission spectrum

Absorption spectrum

Additional Fission And Fusion

Additional Fission and Fusion

Fusion and fission are totally different in how they take place but all end up in production of energy. While one involves the splitting of large unstable nucleus the other involves combination of nuclei. How conversant are...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 226 | Last updated: Jul 16, 2018

Sample Question
A simple description of an electron is:-

Positive charged particle found in the Nucleus, mass of 1

Negative charged particle found in the nucleus, mass of 1

Neutral particle found in the nucleus, mass of 1

Positive charged particle found in the shells, mass 1/2000

Negative charged particle found in the shells, mass 1/2000

Test Your Nuclear IQ

Test your nuclear IQ

If you’re not a science buff, the term “nuclear” probably stands out because you’ll have heard about nuclear weapons in the news, or you’ll have heard about it on a television show. How much do...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 76 | Last updated: Nov 2, 2018

Sample Question
Which countries currently have nuclear weapons?

United States, Russia, Libya, France, China, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, North Korea

United States, Germany, France, Russia, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan

United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, China, Brazil

United States, China, United Kingdom, France, Russia, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea

United States, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, China

The Nuclear Technology Quiz

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 89 | Last updated: May 20, 2020

Sample Question
To fission more of a given amount of fissile materials, boosted weapons

Undergo a special radiation process before they are deployed

...receive a small amount of material that can undergo fusion (deuterium and tritium) that is placed inside the core of the fission device

...use the fusion of heavy isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium to release large numbers of neutrons