KABOOM !!!

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VIDEO QUESTIONS and NOTES


watch this video in class and then answer the following questions. There is a companion web site for this video at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kaboom/elemental/

In the opening scenes, what was the door knocker on Sidney Alford's door made of?

 

 

 

 

 

How were explosions discovered ? By whom?

 

 

 

Honey and sulfur can combine to make a bomb. How?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How is Al chemistry related to Chemistry?

 

 

How do electrons excite people?

 

 

 

Name some exciting fireworks displays that you have seen.

 

 

 

 

Would you like to be a pyrotechnician, why or why not?

 

 

 

 

How did gunpowder get to Europe?

 

 

 

 

How did weapons control society in Medieval times?

 

Name the Chemical that can explode on contact.

 

Chemical energy is stored in what part of the compounds ?

 

 

Why are high explosives unpredictable ?

 

 

 

What is an inert powder?

 

 

What was Nobel's great invention?

 

 

How is dynamite used to drop buildings?

 

 

What is centex? And why is it a great explosive ?

 

 

Who is Nobel? Why did he create the Nobel peace prize?

 

 

 

 

Do you agree with the destruction or Nuclear warheads why or why not?

 

 

 

 

 

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