Flight Navigation and Search Area

Flight Navigation and Search Area

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Geography

7th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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The video discusses a flight from Memphis that lasted 11.5 hours at 475 mph. The flight lost radio contact and flew in a storm for an hour, covering approximately 400 miles. This results in a search area of 500,000 square miles, twice the size of Texas. The video concludes with a reference to FEMA for more information.

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long was the flight from Memphis?

10 hours

11 and a half hours

12 hours

9 hours

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the speed of the flight?

500 miles an hour

475 miles an hour

450 miles an hour

400 miles an hour

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long did the flight navigate through the storm?

2 hours

45 minutes

1 hour

30 minutes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the calculated search area in square miles?

400,000

550,000

450,000

500,000

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The search area is compared to which U.S. state?

Florida

Texas

California

New York