Weapons of Mass destruction

Question 1

A device designed to be used in fighting an enemy of war to cause bodily harm to oneself from attackers

Answer 1

Weapon

Question 2

A nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people.

Answer 2

Weapon of Mass Destruction

Question 3

Four kinds of Weapon of Mass Destruction

Answer 3

Biological weapon
Chemical weapon
Nuclear weapon
Radiological weapon

Question 4

A weapon that uses harmful biological agent to cause death or disease on a large scale

Answer 4

Biological Weapon

Question 5

A weapon containing any of several chemical compounds like chlorine gas of which some are toxic agents that are intended to kill, injure or incapacitate

Answer 5

Chemical Weapon

Question 6

A weapon combining radiological materials with a conventional explosive device

Answer 6

Nuclear Weapon

Question 7

Destruction devices that spread dangerous radioactive materials that is wrapped around a conventional explosive to spread toxic radiation

Answer 7

Radiological Weapon

Question 8

Delivery method of biological weapon

Answer 8

Aerosols
Animals
Food and water contamination
Person-to-person

Question 9

A delivery method where agents are dispersed into the air, forming a fine mist that may drift for miles

Answer 9

Aerosols

Question 10

Delivery method where diseases are spread through insects and the likes such as fleas, mice, flies, mosquitoes, and livestock.

Answer 10

Animal

Question 11

A delivery method where pathogenic organisms and toxins are put in food and water supplies

Answer 11

Food and water contamination

Question 12

Biological agents

Answer 12

Smallpox
Anthrax
Ebola Virus
Plague or black death
Tularemia or rabbit fever
Botulinum toxin
Rice Blast
Rinder Pest
Nipah disease

Question 13

Common chemical weapons

Answer 13

Sarin
Soman
VX
Tabun
Zyklon B
Mustard

Question 14

A colorless nerve gas and considered a potent pesticide. It has no odor in pure form which was developed in Germany in 1938.

Answer 14

Sarin

Question 15

A combination of Sarin and Lewisite, an effective blistering agent. A colorless liquid becomes dark brown if aged. Considered a volatile substance.

Answer 15

Soman

Question 16

Brownish in liquid form and its vapors are odorless. Used as a nerve gas which causes convulsions, loss of consciousness, paralysis, and failure of the respiratory system leading to death.

Answer 16

VX

Question 17

was discovered by accident in Germany in 1937. it is colorless or brownish liquid and odorless as a vapor. A large dose exposure can lead to loss of consciousness,
convulsions, paralysis and respiratory failure which can lead
to death.

Answer 17

Tabun

Question 18

Another poison gas invented in Germany in 1920. It is a colorless vapor at normal temperature and smell like bitter almonds

Answer 18

Zyklon B

Question 19

First used near the end of the World War. The chemical compound is often called “blister agents” because their injuries usually resemble burns or blisters. They have the ability to form large blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs.

Answer 19

Mustard

Question 20

Two main types of nuclear weapons

Answer 20

Fusion and fission weapons

Question 21

In this nuclear reaction, atoms are
split and the core of a fission bomb is made of either plutonium or highly enriched uranium.

Answer 21

Fission weapon

Question 22

Often known as hydrogen bombs,
are fused together to create heavier atoms. This reaction can only happen at extremely high temperature and pressure

Answer 22

Fusion weapon

Question 23

Effects of nuclear weapon

Answer 23

Blast
Thermal Radiation
Direct Nuclear Radiation
Fallout