Question

Tzar Bomba

(Soviet)
15
Trinity
Bravo
Hiroshima
10 -
Mike
Bunker Buster
Illustration From October 2002
Issue of Popular Mechanics" (pg. 69)
Determine the following about the graph:
• Is the graph misleading?
수
.
Does the graph have missing or inaccurate titles, labels, or keys?
e
Does the vertical axis start at 0?
.
Are images used instead of bars?
.
Is the perspective or orientation misleading?

Answer 1

Below

Explanation:

1. Potentially, yes. The display of the smaller bombs in the "magnifying glass" display can be very misleading.

2. Yes - the vertical axis labels the tonnage of the nuclear blast while displaying the height of each mushroom cloud.

3. Maybe? While the first number displayed in the vertical axis is 5 (Mt), it is most likely that the 0 is unlabeled rather than non-existent.

4. Yes - images of the mushroom cloud produced by each bomb.

5. Absolutely - the larger display of the smaller bombs can create major conflict in understanding the size of each.