The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Scienc...

What is the name of the process discovered in 1938 where an atom's nucleus is split into two smaller parts?

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

• Radioactive Decay

• Atomic Bonding

Which scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt in 1939 warning that Germany might be developing atomic weapons?

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Enrico Fermi

• Albert Einstein

• Niels Bohr

What was the code name for the secret U.S. government project to build an atomic bomb?

• The Apollo Program

• The Los Alamos Initiative

• The Manhattan Project

• Project Overlord

Who was the theoretical physicist chosen to be the scientific director of the laboratory at Los Alamos?

• Richard Feynman

• J. Robert Oppenheimer

• Leslie Groves

• Werner Heisenberg

Which specific isotope of Uranium was needed to create the chain reaction for the bomb?

• Uranium-238

• Uranium-234

• Uranium-235

• Uranium-239

Why was the site at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, important to the project?

• It was where the bomb was designed

• It was the site of the first test explosion

• It was used for enriching uranium using massive amounts of electricity

• It was the location of the German research facility

What was the name of the first-ever nuclear test conducted in the New Mexico desert in July 1945?

• Little Boy

• Fat Man

• Trinity

• Ivy Mike

Which Japanese city was the first to be hit by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945?

• Tokyo

• Kyoto

• Nagasaki

• Hiroshima

What did the 'Franck Report' argue regarding the use of the atomic bomb?

• That the bomb should be used on a major city immediately

• That the bomb should be demonstrated in an uninhabited area first

• That the technology should be shared with the Soviet Union

• That the project should be shut down entirely

How did the development of the atomic bomb change the relationship between science and government?

• Science became completely independent of government funding

• Governments stopped using scientists for military research

• It began the era of "Big Science" with massive government funding and oversight

• It led to the banning of all physics research