JPL Test

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What is a meteor?

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A smaller rock that burns up in the Earth's atmosphere. Also known as a shooting star.

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What is a meteoroid?

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A small space rock that is in outer space and is smaller than an asteroid.

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What is a meteorite?

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A rock from space that made it through the Earth's atmosphere and landed Earth's surface.

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What is a comet?

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A "dirty snowball" that orbits the Sun.

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What is an asteroid?

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A rocky object that orbits the Sun.

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Which of the following is not a type of space rock? Comet, Meteorite, Moon, Asteroid

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Moon

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Which of the following is found between Mars and Jupiter? Asteroid Belt, Planetary Belt, Lunar Belt, Kuiper Belt

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Asteroid Belt

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Which of the following is found in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune? Uranus, Saturn, Mars, Pluto

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Pluto

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What does a rocket need in order to achieve the speed and direction to break away from the earth’s gravity?

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escape velocity

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Who developed the theory of rocket propulsion?

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky