Technology Primary Source

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The following link is a primary source describing how an atomic bomb is used. As you all know, the atomic bomb was one of the biggest, if not the biggest technological and scientific advances made during WW II. 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm

Please note that there are 4 "pages" to this source and the questions will go according to the page numbers.

Guiding Questions:

1) What did the dropping of the atomic bombs mark in relation to the relationships between countries? What did these countries do?

2) Describe the three types of radioactive decay, the act of emitting radioactive particles.

3) How did Bohr and Wheeler speculate that nuclear fission could emit a large amount of energy?

4) Which two elements were possible to use as nuclear fuel?