Marfa Lights: Mysteries and Theories

Marfa Lights: Mysteries and Theories

Assessment

Interactive Video

Specialty

4th Grade

Hard

Created by

Maria Wyatt

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For approximately how long have the Marfa Mystery Lights perplexed travelers?

50 years

100 years

150 years

200 years

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was James Bunnell's profession before retirement?

Astronomer

Geologist

Aerospace engineer

Physicist

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to James Bunnell's theory, what are the Marfa Lights fundamentally composed of?

Gas

Liquid

Solid

Plasma

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Rosemary Cox's perspective on the Marfa Lights?

She believes they are caused by aliens.

She thinks they are a natural phenomenon that can be explained by science.

She considers them a mystery and prefers them to remain unexplained.

She believes they are a hoax.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one scientific explanation for some of the lights observed at the Marfa Lights Viewing Station?

Reflections from distant buildings

Headlights from cars on a distant mountain road

Atmospheric optical illusions

Bioluminescent organisms

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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