The Consequences of Earth Stopping

The Consequences of Earth Stopping

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What would happen if Earth suddenly stopped moving?

The Earth's rotation would reverse.

The Earth would become colder.

People would be thrown into space due to inertia.

Humans would experience a gradual increase in lifespan.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What keeps Earth in its orbit around the sun?

The moon's gravitational pull.

The Earth's atmosphere.

The balance between the sun's gravity and Earth's velocity.

The Earth's magnetic field.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By day 21, what is the expected global temperature?

35 degrees Celsius

25 degrees Celsius

45 degrees Celsius

16 degrees Celsius

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to most mammals, birds, and insects by day 35?

They evolve to withstand the heat.

They perish as their cellular proteins denature.

They adapt to the new temperatures.

They migrate to cooler regions.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the fate of Earth by the final day of its journey towards the sun?

It becomes a new moon for the sun.

It is absorbed into the sun.

It stabilizes in a new orbit.

It disintegrates due to extreme heat and gravitational forces.