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Directions:
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Scroll through the presentation and enter the answers (which are really the
questions) and the questions (which are really the answers).
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Enter in the categories on the main game boards.
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As you play the game, click on the TEXT DOLLAR AMOUNT that the
contestant calls, not the surrounding box.
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When they have given a question, click again anywhere on the screen to
see the correct question. Keep track of which questions have already been
picked by printing out the game board screen and checking off as you go.
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Click on the “Game” box to return to the main scoreboard.
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Enter the score into the black box on each players podium.
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Continue until all clues are given.
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When finished, DO NOT save the game. This will overwrite the program
with the scores and data you enter. You MAY save it as a different name,
but keep this file untouched!
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ATOMIC
RADIO-
DISCOVERIES
ACTIVITY
CURRENT IMPORTANT
EVENTS SCIENTISTS
OTHER
ENERGY
IMPORTANT
SCIENTISTS POTPOURRI
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The smallest unit of matter
that retains the characteristics of that matter.
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What is an atom?
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The word “atom” means this.
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What is “not cuttable”?
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The idea of the atom originated with a
Greek philosopher named Democritus in this
century.
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What is the Third Century B.C.?
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Ernest Rutherford discovered this part
of the atom in 1911.
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What is the nucleus?
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In 1932, the British Physicist James Chadwick
discovered this part of the atom.
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What is the neutron?
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This scientist discovered
radioactivity in 1896.
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Who is Becquerel?
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Marie and Pierre Curie
discovered these elements.
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What are radium and polonium?
Scores
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Ernest Rutherford discovered
and named these 3 types of
radiation.
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What are alpha, beta and gamma
radiation?
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Hahn and Strassman produced
barium by bombarding this
element with neutrons.
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What is Uranium?
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University of Chicago scientists
produced this controlled artificial
reaction which made the
devlopment of the atomic bomb
possible.
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What is a Chain Reaction?
Scores
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President Franklin Roosevelt allotted funds for
uranium research in 1940. He was acting upon
the urging of this famous scientist.
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Who was Albert Einstein?
Scores
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There was an all-out effort to develop the atomic
bomb after this event.
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What was the U.S. decision to
enter World War II?
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This was dropped
on Japan in 1945.
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What was an Atomic Bomb
(Nuclear Fission Bomb)?
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The U.S. exploded this type of bomb in 1952.
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What was the Hydrogen Bomb
(Nuclear Fusion Bomb)?
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The first U.S. nuclear-powered
submarine was named this.
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What was Nautilus?
Scores
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This is a picture of an important
married couple who did research
on radioactivity.
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Who are the Curies (Marie and
Pierre)?
Scores
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The Russian chemist Dmetri
Mendeleev is credited with
producing the first one of these
in 1869.
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What is the Periodic Chart of
Elements?
Scores
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In 1905 this scientist published
the theory that matter and energy
are two different forms of
something more fundamental and
that they are interconvertible.
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What is Albert Einstein?
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The English physicist Thomas
Young showed that light
exhibited certain properties
similar to these type of waves.
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What are water and sound?
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This English scientist theorized
that light consisted of tiny
particles called corpuscles.
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Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
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This English
physicist discovered
the electron.
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Who was Sir J.J. Thomson?
Scores
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This German
physicist
discovered X-rays.
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Who was Wilhelm Roentgen?
Scores
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This British
physicist discovered
the proton.
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Who was Sir Ernest Ruthereford?
Scores
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This English physicist
assigned atomic
numbers to elements
according to their
nuclear charges.
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Who was Moseley?
Scores
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This Englishman
proposed the existence
of isotopes.
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Who was Frederick Soddy?
Scores
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The 3 main fossil fuels.
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What are coal, oil and natural
gas?
Scores
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A yaw motor must be used with
this type of energy source.
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What is Wind?
Scores
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This is calculated by multiplying
Amps x Volts.
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What are Watts?
Scores
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This is the cleanest burning coal.
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What is anthracite?
Scores
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The 5 Major Renewable
Energy Sources
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What are Wind, Water, Solar,
Geothermal and Biomass?
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