Seeing Saturn's Moon Titan

Seeing Saturn's Moon Titan

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The video explores the Saturn system, focusing on Titan, the only moon with an Earth-like atmosphere. Due to its thick clouds, Titan's surface is invisible, but NASA's Cassini spacecraft, from 1997 to 2017, used radio waves to study it. By analyzing the waves' reflections and refractions, scientists discovered Titan's Earth-like properties, including propylene, cyanide, dunes, seas, lakes, and underground oceans.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What makes Titan unique among the moons in our solar system?

It is the closest moon to the Sun.

It has an Earth-like atmosphere.

It is the largest moon.

It has a volcanic surface.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary method used by Cassini to study Titan?

Sending astronauts to the surface.

Using electromagnetic waves.

Observing through telescopes.

Collecting samples with a rover.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Cassini's radio waves help scientists understand Titan's atmosphere?

By analyzing wave reflections and refractions.

By detecting sound waves.

By capturing images of the surface.

By measuring temperature changes.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What substances were discovered in Titan's atmosphere?

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

Propylene and cyanide.

Methane and ammonia.

Oxygen and hydrogen.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following features were found on Titan?

Volcanic mountains.

Equatorial dunes and polar seas.

Ice caps.

Desert plains.