Lab 06A - Watch Interstellar
- Due Oct 3, 2025 at 11:59pm
- Points 5
- Questions 5
- Time Limit None
- Allowed Attempts Unlimited
Instructions
Interstellar is a movie about the human race being faced with a civilization-ending blight. A small group of brave individuals explore possible new habitable worlds for humans. The following "quiz" questions will help guide you through the movie and hopefully get you thinking about the future.
For this lab, please:
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Watch the movie Interstellar. Make sure to think of a physics question for the discussion!
It is currently free or cheap on a few streaming services. Details here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/interstellar. Let me know if you have trouble accessing it ASAP. -
Answer the questions on this very low stakes "quiz."
Extra credit will be given for interesting answers. -
Participate in the discussion about the science of the movie.
Useful Vocabulary:
Blight: A specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. The potato famine of Ireland was caused by blight.
Event horizon: Is a point in which not even light can escape the gravitational influence of the black hole.
Maroon: The intentional action of leaving someone in a remote area such as an inhabitable island.
Rendezvous: When two objects meet and typically dock together while in space.
Time dilation: A difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by observers either moving relative to each other or differently situated from gravitational masses.
UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are remote controlled or autonomous flying vehicles