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Space Quest 9

Space Quest 9

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Presentation

Science

1st - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS1-1

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tanya Aisley

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8 Slides • 25 Questions

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Asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids

Lesson 9 - Good and Beautiful Science of Space

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Have you ever seen a shooting star?

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October 9, 1992

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​This is the only piece that was found - a piece that broke of the meteorite estimated to weigh over 2 tons!

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A space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and hits the earth's surface.

Meteorite

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16 different people who captured the meteorite on video allowed scientists to study the 1992 meteorite's flight path.

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Multiple Choice

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Irregularly shaped celestial bodies that orbit the sun.

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Meteor

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Meteoroid

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Asteroid

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Comet

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Irregularly shaped bodies that orbit the sun.

Some are 100 miles long,

some are much smaller.

Asteroids

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Multiple Choice

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A space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere is a ...

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Meteor

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Meteorite

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Asteroid

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Comet

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Multiple Choice

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Because they are so much smaller than planets, asteroids do not have enough gravity to pull themselves into the shape of a ball.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

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Most asteroids can be found in

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the Asteroid Belt

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The Meteor Circle

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Saturn's rings

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floating in the Solar System

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Multiple Choice

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The Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of

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Venus and Mars

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Mars and Jupiter

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Jupiter and Saturn

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Saturn and Neptune

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Draw

Outline the asteroid belt

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Draw

Draw the Asteroid Belt

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Multiple Select

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The Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of

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Mars

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Jupiter

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Saturn

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Neptune

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Multiple Choice

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Which ones are the largest of all listed?

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Meteoroids

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Meteors

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Asteroids

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Comets

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Multiple Choice

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Most of the objects in space are shaped like

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ellipses

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planes

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spheres

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dodecahedron

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Multiple Select

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Asteroids are made up of (select 3 that apply)

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rock

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ice

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metal

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water

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Multiple Choice

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Where is the Chicxulub crater that was discovered in 1970 and that scientists believe was caused by such a powerful meteorite that potentially killed dinosaurs?

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Canada

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United States

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Mexico

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Guatemala

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20

Draw

Where is Mexico?

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Multiple Choice

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Irregularly shaped bodies, the center of which can be up to 10 km in diameter and is surrounded by gases.

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Meteor

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Meteorite

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Asteroid

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Comet

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Multiple Choice

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Giant dirty snowballs made up of ice, rock, and frozen gases.

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Meteor

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Meteorite

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Asteroid

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Comet

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Multiple Choice

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We can predict when the next comet comes around.

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True

2

False

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Fill in the Blank

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Comets orbit the Sun in elliptical patterns. What does elliptical mean?

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Multiple Select

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Choose two comets mentioned in the chapter.

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Baker's comet

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Halley's comet

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Hale-Bopp

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5D-Brorsen

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Multiple Choice

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Comets with short orbits can take up to how many years to come back?

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100

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200

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300

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400

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Multiple Select

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Where do meteoroids come from? (select 2)

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Broken pieces of asteroids

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The tail of a comet

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Space dust

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From outside the Solar System

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Multiple Choice

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A meteoroid is out in space.

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True

2

False

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Draw

Outline coma

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Multiple Choice

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A glow around the comet, caused by gas that appears when the rock is burning under intense heat from solid straight to gas, is called ...

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Coma

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Comeo

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Glo

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Cameo

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Multiple Choice

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When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it becomes...

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a meteor

2

a meteorite

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Multiple Choice

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When a meteoroid hits the Earth, it becomes...

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a meteor

2

a meteorite

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See you next week!

Thank you, space explorers!

Asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids

Lesson 9 - Good and Beautiful Science of Space

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