Bomb: by Steve Sheinkin

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5th - 7th Grade
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MEHLINA MCENTIRE
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who discovered fission (that an atom could be split and release energy)?
Robert Oppenheimer
Otto Hahn
Albert Einstein
Klaus Fuchs
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Harry Gold give trade secrets to Tom Black?
He felt obligated to Black for finding him a job.
He was friends with him.
He despised the United States.
For the dolla dolla bills y'all
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CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did the FBI open a file on Oppenheimer?
He acted suspiciously.
He was selling trade secrets to Tom Black.
He was friends with Haakon Chevalier.
They were trying to recruit him to join.
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CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who was the director of the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Serber
Klaus Fuchs
Otto Hahn
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CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the importance of destroying the Vemork Hydroelectric in Norway?
It would knock out all the electricity in Norway.
The Germans needed the heavy water to build a bomb.
It would cause the Germans to bomb Norway.
The United States would enter the war.
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these statements is true?
Oppenheimer was a communist.
Oppenheimer had friends who were communists.
Oppenheimer gave information to the communists.
All of the statements are false.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Uranium Committee?
To plan the Allied invasion of Europe.
To find more uses for uranium.
To improve the conditions of miners working in uranium mines.
To build an atomic bomb the Allies could use in World War II.
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
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