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This type of nuclear reaction powers the Sun by combining small nuclei into larger ones.
What is thermonuclear fusion?
This 1986 reactor disaster occurred in present-day Ukraine.
What is Chernobyl?
This type of nuclear weapon works by splitting heavy atomic nuclei and is the only type of nuclear weapon that has been used in warfare.
What is nuclear fission?
This portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is the only portion that is visible to humans.
What is visible light?
What is nuclear fission?
This Pennsylvania nuclear plant experienced a partial meltdown in 1979.
What is Three Mile Island?
This type of nuclear weapon is known as the most dangerous and powerful weapon ever developed.
What is a hydrogen bomb?
This isotope is commonly used to power most fission reactors.
What is uranium-235?
This type of wave does not require a medium to travel and allows for heat from the Sun to be passed onto Earth.
What is electromagnetic radiation?
This subatomic particle is commonly used as the start of a fission chain reaction.
What is a neutron?
This 2011 Japanese nuclear disaster was triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
What is Fukushima Daiichi?
This Soviet bomb tested in 1961 remains the largest nuclear explosion ever detonated.
What is the Tsar Bomba?
This renewable resource is used throughout all portions of nuclear power plants to help prevent nuclear disasters from happening.
What is water?
This type of electromagnetic radiation is the most energetic form of radiation.
What are gamma rays?
This famous equation by Albert Einstein explains how mass can be converted into energy.
What is E = mc2?
This U.S. program developed the first atomic bomb during World War II.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This term is used to describe the process that must be done to uranium prior to it being used to build weapons.
What is enrichment?
This is the number one reason that nuclear power plants have experienced meltdowns in the past.
What is human error/mechanism malfunction?
This term is used to describe the amount of wavelengths you can fit into a given timeframe.
What is frequency?
In alpha decay, a nucleus emits this particle made of 2 protons and 2 neutrons.
What is an alpha particle?
This physicist is often called the "father of the atomic bomb".
Who is Oppenheimer?
These two radioactive elements have commonly been used to develop nuclear weapons.
What are uranium and plutonium?
This country is home to a project in which the first fusion power plant is being made.
What is France?
This type of motion is the reason why microwaves are able to heat up your food when interacting with water molecules.
What is vibrational motion?