Name that Country
Home of Vemork plant
Norway
American physicist and professor who was head of the Manhattan project
Robert Oppenhiemer
What atom is split to make atomic energy
Uranium
Los Alamos testing site used to be a .....
Boy's boarding school
The official name of the research and development 'Project' in the US during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons (named after a large and famous US city).
The Manhattan Project
They wanted to build their own bomb
Germany
Famous scientist who sent letter to President Roosevelt to tell him need to build atomic bomb
Albert Einstein
Man-made metal that is radioactive and formed in a reactor
Plutonium
State Los Alamos was located
New Mexico
Code name for the first detonation of the nuclear bomb in the desert of NM
'Trinity'
They wanted to steal plans for bomb
Russia
A Military highest in command for Army
General
Plutonium is created in a reactor when uranium atoms absorb ----
Neutrons
Where Oppenheimer taught
Stanford University
What disease did Robert Oppenheimer die of?
Lung Cancer
These two countries started out as allies, but then became competitors
United States and Russia
US Senator during WWII who later became President of US
Harry Truman
What did Norsk Hydro in Vemork, Norway make that can be a critical component in the production of nuclear weapons?
'Heavy' Water
State where Stanford University is located
CA
Name of the 'War' between the USSR and the USA after WWII
Cold War
Neutral European country during war
Switzerland
Graduated with a degree in physics from Harvard University at the age of eighteen. An atomic spy who passed along detailed information about the bomb to the Soviet Union.
Theodore 'Ted' Hall
The color that the intensity of a nuclear explosion creates
Purple
Japanese cities where bombs were dropped
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What date did WWII finally end? (the war in Europe was already won, but when did the war end in Japan?)
August 15, 1945