NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites

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If a meteor hits the Earth without burning up completely, it is called a _______.

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Meteorite

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A solid piece of debris, from such sources as asteroids or comets, that originates in outer space and survives its impact with the Earth's surface.

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Meteorite

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A ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune's orbit.

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Kuiper Belt

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Tiny comet particles that collide with the atmosphere

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Meteor shower

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A meteor brighter than any of the planets

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Fireball

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The solid, central part of a comet, popularly termed a dirty snowball or an icy dirtball

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Nucleus (of comet)

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What is this area called?

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Asteroid Belt

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Like the planets, asteroids orbit the Sun.

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True

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The visible streak of light from a meteoroid or micrometeoroid, heated and glowing from entering the Earth's atmosphere, as it sheds glowing material in its wake.

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Meteor

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Rare gravelized glass compounds composed of black, green, brown, or gray natural glass, they have a high silicon content. Options: Meteorites, Tektites, Siderites, Aerolites

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Tektites