Craters

What are the TWO types of craters?

• complex craters

• big craters

• simple craters

• moon craters

are bowl-shaped holes in solid, rocky surfaces that are formed when large meteoroids, asteroids, or comets smash into the surface of a terrestrial planet, asteroid, or moon.

• simple craters

• impact craters

• complex craters

• heavy craters

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

1.     Rays of ejected material radiate ________from an impact crater in all directions.

• outward

• inward

• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Older surfaces generally contain _______ craters than newer surfaces.

• more

• less

• the same amount of

Many craters on Earth have been eroded by _____and _______ and destroyed by tectonics and volcanism.

• wind

• water

• rocks

• snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Many craters on Earth have been eroded by wind and water and destroyed by __________ and __________.

• wind

• tectonics

• water

• volcanism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does the character of a crater depend on?

• size of the impacting object

• volume of the object

• speed at which the object strikes the surface

• the look of it

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Planet that is heavily cratered.

• pluto

• Earth

• Mercury

• Saturn

a small, mostly rocky solar system object that orbits independently around the sun.

• Meteoroid

• rays

• asteroid

• crater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

- a solid object moving in interplanetary space.

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• rays

• crater

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3