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TermBook Definition
Fat Man A large, round, plutonium, implosion bomb similar to the one tested at Trinity
Uranium The largest atom in nature. A single ounce of uranium has about 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms
Radioactive When an atoms nucleus is naturally unstable. Particles break away from the nucleus and shoot out at high speeds.
Little Boy Hiroshima, Japan Ten foot long and painted gray, it was like a small submarine.
Theoretical Physicist Explorers of the day using imagination and mind-bending math to dig deeper and deeper into the inner workings of atoms. Basically developed the atomic bomb. Ex: Oppenheimer.
Monopoly The exclusive possession or control of the supply of something.
Plutonium Works faster than uranium. Used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and as an explosive in nuclear fission weapons. So strong that it would start a chain reaction before two lumps of plutonium came together. Worked too quickly to make a good bomb.
Chain Reaction When one atom splits, it bumps into other atoms causing them to split and then they split causing those to split and that continues.
Saboteurs People who conduct or participate in sabotage. The Norwegians.
Fission To split.
Fussion The joining of atoms.
Allied Powers United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union
Axis Powers Germany, Japan, and Italy
Agent Cultivation Cultivation means gathering information on a potential source, feeling him out to see if he might be convinced to cooperate. It was a difficult task.
Implosion Blast pieces of uranium together with explosives. A bursting inward.
Created by: Emeade20
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