Interstellar Objects and Their Impact

Interstellar Objects and Their Impact

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics, Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Olivia Brooks

FREE Resource

The video discusses a dash cam capturing a blue orb in Gainesville, Florida, and the discovery of 'Oumuamua, an object from another solar system. A Harvard astronomer suggests it might be alien technology. The video also explores the possibility that some craters on rocky surfaces in our solar system, like the moon, could be from objects outside our solar system.

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What unusual event did a motorist in Gainesville, Florida, capture on his dash cam?

A solar eclipse

A UFO landing

A meteor shower

A blue orb shooting overhead

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was unique about the object named 'Oumuamua observed in 2017?

It had a tail like a comet

It was on a strange trajectory and lacked a comet's tail

It was the largest asteroid ever recorded

It was a new type of planet

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did a Harvard astronomer suggest about 'Oumuamua?

It is a fragment of a destroyed planet

It could be a new type of star

It might be a form of alien technology

It is a natural satellite

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does physicist Dr. Hakee UI speculate about objects like 'Oumuamua?

They are harmless space debris

They are responsible for solar flares

They could explain some lunar craters

They are common in our solar system

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What assumption about craters on rocky surfaces in our solar system is being reconsidered?

They might be created by objects from outside our solar system

They are formed by solar winds

They are remnants of ancient civilizations

They are caused by volcanic activity