Carolina Bays and Hurricane Impacts

Carolina Bays and Hurricane Impacts

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Geography, Biology

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video explores the mysterious Carolina Bays, large oval-shaped features along the Eastern US seaboard. George Howard investigates these formations using drones, revealing their strange alignment and possible Ice Age origins. Theories range from giant beavers to ice bombs. The video also covers Hurricane Matthew's unusual radar images, including a skull-like formation and a waterspout phenomenon.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary mystery surrounding the Carolina Bays?

Their size and shape

Their color

Their exact location

Their geological age

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technology is George Howard using to study the Carolina Bays?

Seismic sensors

Drones

Underwater cameras

Satellite imagery

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is unusual about the alignment of the Carolina Bays?

They are all perfectly circular

They are all aligned in the same direction

They are all different sizes

They are all located in one state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During which geological period were the Carolina Bays possibly formed?

The Jurassic Period

The Holocene Epoch

The Cretaceous Period

The Ice Age

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What creature is speculated to have contributed to the formation of the Carolina Bays?

Woolly mammoths

Saber-toothed tigers

Dinosaurs

Giant beavers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Ice Age apocalypse theory regarding the Carolina Bays?

They were built by prehistoric humans

They were carved by ancient rivers

They were created by giant ice bombs

They were formed by volcanic eruptions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a major criticism of the giant ice bomb theory?

Ice bombs are a myth

Ice bombs are too small to cause damage

Ice bombs would melt before impact

Ice bombs cannot travel long distances

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