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Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets

Authored by Dan Ferguson

Science

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

They are sometimes called shooting stars

interplanetary dust
asteroids
comets
meteors

Tags

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

Select the pair of bodies which are LEAST alike in composition and size

asteroid and meteor
moon and comet
earth and venus
uranus and neptune

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

3.

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 visible only when near the Sun. What am I?

Asteroid
Star
Meteor
Comet

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

Meteoroids are in space, meteors are streaks of light in the atmosphere, and a meteorite is one that has made it to Earth's surface.

Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

There are no differences

Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where are the dwarf planets?

Between the Sun and Mercury

Beyond Neptune (and one in the asteroid belt)

Between the Earth and the Moon

Between Earth and Mars

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

I am a space rock entering Earth's atmosphere and I streak across the sky. Some call me shooting star or falling star, but I'm not a star.

meteor

dead star

asteroid
comet

Tags

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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