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Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail Part 1 Test Questions and
Answers Rated A
In what country are some of the richest deposits
of uranium? - ANSWER -Australia
What is the device that detects radiation? -
ANSWER -Geiger counter
What is the radiation that exists all around us
called? - ANSWER -background radiation
Where does the host go in the Czech Republic? -
ANSWER -Joachimsthal 500 year silver
mine
What is the most famous element that Marie
Curie discovered in "Pitch Blend"? -
ANSWER -radium
How much "Pitch Blend" is needed to make 1
gram of this element? How much is 1 gram
worth? - ANSWER -7 tons;$88,000
How many neutrons does a uranium atom
usually contain? - ANSWER -146 neutrons
What did Rutherford and Soddy find out was
happening when they researched and studied
uranium? - ANSWER -it spits out chunks of
radiation;it's losing protons means it's no longer
uranium;completely different element;witnessing
uranium nucleus transforming itself;solved one of
the greatest mysteries of radioactivity;uranium
transforming itself into lead
What equation did Einstein come up with in his
living room? What did it mean? -
ANSWER -E=mc^2;a little bit of mass can
be converted into a lot of energy
What author imagined a world with atomic energy
before it was reality? - ANSWER -Herbert
George Wells
What idea did Leo Szilard come up with on a
street corner that would lead to the atomic bomb?
- ANSWER -the chain reaction
What was Szilard worried about when he fled to
America before World War II? - ANSWER -
filled with anxiety and worries about doom and
world disasters;Germany had good chance of
getting atomic bomb
What is the force called that holds the atom
together? - ANSWER -the strong nuclear
force
Who is the leading physicist on the Manhattan
Project? What were trying to create? -
ANSWER -Robert Oppenheimer;the
uranium/nuclear bomb
Who becomes the first antinuclear activist? -
ANSWER -Leo Szilard
What was the first atomic bomb test called? What
was the mineral formed by the explosion named?
- ANSWER -Trinity;trinitite
What happens to the people closest to the
nuclear blast in Hiroshima? - ANSWER -
instantly vaporized in the tremendous heat and
leave their shadows etched on the pavement
