Crash Landings

Space is full of _____________________.

• ash and dust

• celestial objects

• water

• hidden caves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

When meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere we call them __________________.

• comets

• asteroids

• meteors

How wide is the Barringer Crater in Arizona?

• 2 km

• 7.8 km

• 1.2 km

• 8.2 km

When we see meteors in the night sky we call them __________ stars?

• falling

• big

• shooting

• beautiful

What happens when meteorites fall through the atmosphere?

• their exterior melts and forms a dark colored crust

• it stays the same

• their exterior grows larger

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What are thumbprint shaped depressions in meteorites called?

• shatter cones

• regmaglypts

• comets

• radiometric dating

How do scientists measure the ages of meteorites?

• shatter cones

• strata

• radiometric dating

• asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

How many meteorites have been collected worldwide (p. 18)?

• 25,000

• 50,000

• 66,000

• 100,000

How many total impact craters have been found on Earth?

• 120

• 90

• 65

• 190

Microscopic lines that form in rocks of meteorite impact craters are called?

• Comets

• Asteroid Belts

• Planar Deformation

• Strata