Bomb: by Steve Sheinkin

Bomb: by Steve Sheinkin

5th - 7th Grade

11 Qs

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Bomb: by Steve Sheinkin

Bomb: by Steve Sheinkin

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.5.5, RI.6.5, RL.7.1

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

MEHLINA MCENTIRE

Used 252+ times

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11 questions

Show all answers

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

Tags

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.

Tags

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

Tags

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.

Tags

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.

Tags

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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