Which radioactive element was used to create the atomic bomb?
What is Plutonium
100
What are the three particles in an atom?
What is protons, electrons, and neutrons
100
From what element does radiation derive from?
What is radium
100
What is Professor Newland's First name?
What is Janet
200
Which war was the atomic bomb used in?
What is World War 2
200
Who discovered the electron?
Who is J.J Thompson
200
What illness is radiation used as treatment?
What is cancer
200
How many kids did Marie Curie have?
What is 2
300
Which Scientist wrote a letter to president Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?
Who is Albert Einstein
300
Wilhem RÖntgen experimented with high voltage currents and noticed objects began to glow. What did he call this? (pg 42)
What is an x-ray
300
True or false: Pierre Curie coined the term radioactivity.
What is False
300
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
400
How much money did the United States Invest in making the atomic bomb?
What is 2 billion dollars
400
Who discovered the neutron?
Who is James Chadwick
400
The american flags placed on the moon turned a different color because of radiation from the sun. What color are they now?
What is White
400
What is VCU's acceptance rate?
What is 64%
500
Who is considered the father of the atomic bomb?
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer
500
What year was Uranium discovered?
What is 1789
500
True or false: What kind of atoms are radioactive materials composed of?
What is unstable atoms
500
What famous movie is this line from: "I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin around accidental like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both."