1. Little Boy Ivy Mike Tsar Bomba 1 New York Los Angeles Moscow
US History Name: ____________________________________
Nuking Stuff!!
Head to the following website:
There you will have the opportunity to see what would happen in terms of casualties in the event of a nuclear explosion. You have the option to pick the target and the type of bomb used. You will need to run the simulation for the city and bomb combinations listed below and record the outcome in terms of fatalities and injuries.
Before you get started, make sure that for option 3 on the website you click the “casualties” button. Notice you can also toggle between an airburst and a surface burst. Make sure you use the airburst option. You can try the surface burst when you’re done recording data. Once you’ve detonated a bomb and looked at the numbers, scroll down to the “effects radii” section to see how the people in each area would have been impacted.
Fill out this chart with the “fatalities” information for each combination of bomb and location.
Little Boy
Ivy Mike
Tsar Bomba 1
New York
Los Angeles
Washington D.C
Moscow
Your Choice:
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Your Choice:
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Denver
What would the impact on Louisville be when the bomb was dropped on Denver?
Can you find a target ON LAND in the contiguous United States (NO Alaska!) to drop Ivy Mike where the casualties (dead and injured) are zero? If so, where?
Using any bomb and location, what’s the highest # of fatalities you can get. . .
In the U.S.? How many? Where?
In the world? How many? Where?