Nuclear Weapon Webquest. Answer the following questions. Feel free to use
the internet (I’ve given suggestions for websites). Use full sentences, but don’t
feel obliged to write a paragraph for each. Finally, enjoy the nuke map
Nuclear Fission - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission
1. What are the two most common nuclear fuels?
2. What does it mean to be "fissionable?"
3. What does it mean to be fissile?
4. Define "Critical Mass"
Fusion weapons - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
1. What happens when two nuclei lighter than iron are fused?
2. What happens when two nuclei heaver than iron are fused?
3. What fuel do fusion weapons use?
Nuclear Explosions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_explosion
1. On what month, day, and year was the 1st man-made nuclear explosion
2. What was the "name" of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
3. Who or what was Ivy Mike?
4. How many countries have nuclear capability?
5. When was the first test of a fission weapon by North Korea? What happened?
4. How many weapons does the US have stockpiled?
5. How many weapons does Russia have stockpiled?
6. What was the Tsar Bomba? Describe it
Nuke Map! - http://www.carloslabs.com/node/20
1. Play around with Nuke Map.
2. Pick a city, nuke it. Tell me what happens. Click on the dot in the middle to
get an explanation of why the rings mean.
3. How would we cope with such a strike?
4. Nuclear weapons - what do you think about them? Worth keeping, or too
dangerous