Comets, asteroids, meteors and eclipses
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
They are sometimes called shooting stars
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CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I am several miles in diameter, originate beyond the outer plants, thought to have struck early Earth, consists of bodies of ice, stone and organic compounds
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The dust tail of a comet always....
faces toward the sun
faces toward the Earth
trails behind the comet
away from the Sun
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What's the difference between comets and asteroids?
Asteroids are made of metal and rock, while Comets are ice and rock
Asteroids are made of ice and rock, while Comets are made of metals and rock
There is no difference
Asteroids are made of stardust, while Comets are made up of water
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CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where do Long-period comets come from?
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
Past Pluto
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CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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