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Comet, Asteroid, Meteor Review

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6th Grade

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Comet, Asteroid, Meteor Review
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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

meteor
meteorite
asteroid
comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

They are sometimes called shooting stars

interplanetary dust
asteroids
comets
meteors

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

4.

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?

Asteroid
Star
Meteor
Comet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The tail of a comet usually faces

toward the sun
toward the Earth
away from the Sun
away from the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

comets and stars
stars and meteors
asteroid and meteors
comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

meteorite
meteroid
meteor

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