Asteroid Impact Quiz

What is the Arizona crater commonly known as?

• Meteor Crater

• Volcanic Crater

• Impact Crater

• Explosive Crater

Who was the geologist who speculated that the Arizona crater might have been caused by an asteroid impact?

• John Spray

• Eugene Shoemaker

• Daniel Barringer

• Grove Gilbert

What did Daniel Barringer believe the pieces found around the crater were?

• Iron fragments

• Meteorites

• Volcanic rocks

• Space debris

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What did Eugene Shoemaker find at the Nevada test sites that linked to Meteor Crater?

• Shocked sandstone glass

• Iron meteorites

• Volcanic rock formations

• Crystalline structures

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What process did scientists use to measure the age of the Meteor Crater?

• Carbon dating

• Thermoluminescence dating

• Radiometric dating

• Stratigraphic dating

What did scientists believe happened to the iron meteorite when it struck the Earth?

• It melted and vaporized

• It remained intact at the bottom of the crater

• It bounced off into space

• It shattered into small pieces

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the name of the distinctive deformed rocks that are formed due to the shockwave interacting with the target rocks?

• Shock cones

• Crater cones

• Shatter cones

• Impact cones

What is the composition of the rock found in Sudbury that suggests an asteroid impact?

• Melted material

• Basaltic magma

• Volcanic ash

• Sedimentary rock