Atomic+Bomb

Felicha Chery May 13 2011  The First Atomic Bomb 1. An atomic bomb or nuclear bomb is different from a conventional bomb because the conventional bomb only affects a certain area and the people who live there. The atomic and nuclear bomb can wipe out the whole city and everyone living there. The conventional bomb releases most of its energy in the form of a blast while the nuclear/atomic bomb releases 5o percent of a blast, 35 percent as heat, and 25 percent as nuclear radiation. 2. The United States felt that they needed to create the atomic bomb because they wanted to use it against another country that refused to surrender. So they used it to scare the enemy. 3. The name of the city where the atomic bomb was dropped is called Hiroshima in Japan. 4. The name of the second city where the second atomic bomb was dropped is called Nagasaki which is also in Japan. 5. After WWII the U.S was hoping that they didn’t need to have to drop another bomb but the Japanese refused to surrender so the dropped the second on in Japan also just in a different city. The thought the war was over but apparently not according to the Japanese. 6. After the bomb was released in Hiroshima many Japanese people died instantly. Some died from blast forces, heat, and fire. The rest of the people died from radiation effects. 7. I don’t agree with the U.S dropping the bomb because if the Japanese people dropped their bomb on the U.S first, this war would never end. Instead they should have fought a different way instead of killing all of the innocent people in Japan that had nothing to do with the war. The U.S was just impatient and felt intimidated by how the Japanese wouldn’t give up so quickly. There is other ways to fight and I think that the atomic bomb wasn’t needed.