Skip to content
free
K
1
2
practice
Home
Math
English
Science
Social Studies
Contact
Language
English
Español
Sign In
/
High School Electives
/
Astronomy
/
Deflection and Mitigation Strategies
Grade Level
Astronomy
AST.284 Deflection and Mitigation Strategies
0%
Skill Level
🟢 Easy
00:00
Progress to Next Level
25% to Medium
Easy
Medium
Hard
Mastery
100%
A 100-meter asteroid is confirmed to enter Earth's atmosphere in 2 weeks. The impact corridor is narrow enough for emergency managers to act, but no deflection mission can reach it. Which response best fits?
A
Use evacuation, shelter guidance, and emergency logistics for the predicted corridor.
B
Send a reconnaissance spacecraft that arrives next year.
C
Cancel tracking because two weeks is too late to learn anything.
D
Start a decades-long gravity tractor operation.
Submit Answer