NASA's 5 Newest Earth Expeditions Ready for Takeoff

NASA's 5 Newest Earth Expeditions Ready for Takeoff

Assessment

Interactive Video

Geography, Science, Biology

5th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Quizizz Content

FREE Resource

The video tutorial covers five scientific missions across the United States, each focusing on different environmental phenomena. The S-MODE mission studies ocean eddies and their impact on heat transfer between the ocean and atmosphere. The DCOTSS mission investigates how thunderstorms can inject pollutants into the stratosphere, affecting the ozone layer. The Delta-X mission examines soil transport in the Mississippi River Delta in the context of rising sea levels. The ACTIVATE mission explores cloud systems over the Western Atlantic and their role in the water cycle. Lastly, the IMPACTS mission aims to improve snowstorm forecasting by studying snow bands within clouds.

Read more

5 questions

Show all answers

1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the sub mesoscale Ocean dynamics experiment for S mode?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

2.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How do intense thunderstorms in the Midwest affect the stratosphere?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

3.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the Delta X mission aiming to study regarding the Mississippi River delta?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

4.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Describe the focus of the aerosol cloud meteorology interactions experiment.

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What are the goals of the investigation of Microphysics and precipitation for Atlantic Coast threatening snowstorms?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF