What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb In The Marianas Trench? (Science not Fantasy)

Important Vocabulary Words From The Video

detonated

The word detonated is usually used when you talk about an explosion. The explosion was detonated when the bomb was set off.

  • The bomb was detonated and destroyed the building.
microseconds

Microseconds are a tiny amount of time, usually measured in thousandths of a second. They are also known as milliseconds.

  • The microseconds it takes for the light to travel from the object to your eye is called the observable response time.
  • The microseconds it takes for the computer to respond are called the response time.
megatons

A megaton is a unit of energy that is equal to one million tons of TNT. That's a lot of energy!

  • The bomb destroyed a megaton of materials.
  • The bomb destroyed a megaton of buildings.
vaporize

To vaporize something is to turn it into a vapor. When you vaporize something, you heat it up so that it becomes a gas.

  • The scientist was trying to vaporize the virus so that it could be studied.
  • The pilot was trying to vaporize the enemy planes, so that they would not be able to attack.
vaporizes

To vaporize something is to turn it into vapor. This is usually done by heating it up until it becomes a gas, and then releasing the gas into the air.

  • The gas was vaporized when it was heated.
  • The gas was vaporized when it was released into the air.
outwards

Outwards refers to the direction that something is pointing or moving. The outward appearance of something is usually how we first perceive it.

  • The outward appearance of the car is very important to the buyers.
  • The outward appearance of the candidate is very important to the voters.
avoidable

To say that something is avoidable means that it is something that you could have prevented if you had been more careful.

  • The accident was avoidable if the driver had been more careful.
  • The accident was avoidable if the worker had been more careful.