Earth Comm Impact Events 1.6

Where is the asteroid belt in our solar system?

• between the Sun and Mercury

• between Jupiter and Mars

• between Pluto and the heliosphere

• between the gas giants

The size of an impact crater is

• always bigger than the impactor

• about the same size as the impactor

• dependent only upon the velocity of the impactor

• dependent only on the mass of the impactor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

To calculate the energy of a meteoric impact, one needs to know only the

• mass and velocity of the meteorite

• density and velocity of the meteorite

• diameter and density of the meteorite

• type of meteorite and its velocity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

How do comets differ from asteroids?

• They do not contain rocky particles.

• They are mostly composed of masses of frozen gases.

• They are leftovers from the formation of the solar system

• They orbit Earth.

Where might we most likely find material from the young solar system?

• in comets

• in clouds

• in meteorites

• in chrondrites

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a sphere shaped region beyond Neptune that contains remnants of the early solar system, mostly as comets is called the _____ cloud

______________ are masses of frozen gases (ices) and rocky dust particles.

a flow of hot, charged particles leaving the Sun is called....

A small rock in space is called

• meteroid

• meteorite

• meteor

the bright trail of light seen when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere (commonly known as a shooting star).

• meteor

• meteorioid

• meteorite