Nuclear History
Nuclear People
Radiation
Radioisotope?
Misc.
100
This 1986 accident occurred at Reactor 4 of a nuclear power plant in the Ukrainian SSR.
What is Chernobyl?
100
This scientist's famous equation connected mass and energy: E=mc^2.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
This type of radiation consists of two protons and two neutrons.
What is Alpha Radiation?
100
Hydrogen-1
1H
1H is a stable isotope
100
This youtuber has 518 million subscribers and posts challenge videos for monetary gain
200
This 1940s U.S. program developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
What is the Manhattan Project?
200
He led the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and has his own feature film.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
200
This radiation has the greatest penetrating ability of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
What is gamma radiation?
200
Carbon-14
14C
Carbon 14 is a radioisotope
(double points if say half-life of ~5730 years)
200
X=7
300
What was the name of the first atomic bomb tested?
Trinity
300
This scientist discovered that atoms have a tiny, dense nucleus through his famous gold foil experiment.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
300
This is the process in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into smaller nuclei, releasing energy.
What is Fission
300
Cobalt-60
60Co
60Co is a radioisotope with a half life of 5.27 years
300
These Pokémon types are super effective against Fairy type Pokémon.
What is Poison and Steel type.
400
This Japaneese nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami hitting a working nuclear reactor was in what prefecture?
Ōkuma, Fukushima
400
This famous female scientist conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and won Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
400
This radiation is actually a high-speed electron or positron.
What is beta radiation?
400
Technetium-99m
99mTc
Technetium-99m is a radioisotope with a half life of 6 hours
400
This classic internet image depicts a white face in a cringing motion and is typically used to denote a taunt.
What is a troll face?
500
This was the year in which the first atomic bomb was tested.
1945
500
This physicist is credited with leading the team that achieved the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942.
Who is Enrico Fermi?
500
This blue glow can be observed around highly radioactive materials in water and is caused by charged particles traveling faster than light can travel through that medium.
What is Cherenkov radiation?
500
Lead-208
208Pb
208Pb is a stable isotope- ending the uranium decay series
500
This is the president of this club!!!!
Abigail Patterson!!!