by Justyna Surowiec
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – NASA’s first mission to demonstrate a planetary defense technique – will get one chance to hit its target, the small moonlet in the binary asteroid system Didymos. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth and is an ideal test target: measuring the change in how the smaller asteroid orbits about the larger asteroid in a binary system is much easier than observing the change in a single asteroid’s orbit around the Sun. Work is ramping up at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and other locations across the country, as the mission heads toward its summer 2021 launch – and attempts to pull off a feat so far seen only in science fiction films.
NASA’s First Planetary Defense Technology Demonstration to Collide with Asteroid in 2022, NASA, May 6, 2019
Question
Use the passage from “NASA’s First Planetary Defense Technology Demonstration to Collide with Asteroid in 2022” and the video to answer the question.
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA’s DART, The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Why might the video introduction be more engaging for audiences than the article?
(1 point)
Responses
It downplays the immediate threat of asteroids.
It downplays the immediate threat of asteroids.
It uses an educational tone to make an emotional appeal.
It uses an educational tone to make an emotional appeal.
It explains the meaning of the DART acronym.
It explains the meaning of the DART acronym.
It uses vibrant language and voice-overs.
It uses vibrant language and voice-overs.
1 answer
The most appropriate response to why the video introduction might be more engaging for audiences than the article is:
It uses vibrant language and voice-overs.
Video content often has the advantage of combining visuals, voice, and sound effects, which can create a more dynamic and engaging experience for the audience compared to reading text.
