Rocks in Space

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt

• The Planetary Rings

• The Oort Cloud

• The Asteroid Belt

Where is the asteroid belt?

• Closer to the Sun than Mercury.

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  Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

  
  

• Between the orbits of Venus and Earth.

• Between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune.

What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?

• Heat from the Sun

• They are already so hot that our atmosphere can't handle it

• Heat from Earth's atmosphere

• Friction from the Earth's atmosphere

Asteroids are made up of..

• iron oxygen and silicon

• clay and silicate

• stone and other metals

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Ceres is...

• the largest asteroid in the Kuiper Belt.

• an asteroid in the Oort cloud.

• the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.

• a comet in the Oort cloud.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

• Pothole

• Pothole

• Crater

• Plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The force of gravity on an asteroids is ​ ____ than the force of gravity on Venus.

• smaller

• bigger

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How long is the Asteroid Itokawa?

• 530m

• 540m

• 560m

• 520m

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A rocky object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Constellation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Can asteroid become planets?

• No

• Yes