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Perseids Meteor Shower Quiz

Perseids Meteor Shower Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the peak time for viewing the Perseids meteor shower?

Early January

Late September

Early June

Mid-August

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the astronomers that independently discovered the comet Swift-Tuttle?

Louis Swift and Horace Tuttle

Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson

Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton

Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to a comet as it approaches the Sun?

It slows down and freezes

It accelerates and forms a tail

It changes its orbit to avoid the Sun

It disintegrates completely

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

A meteor is in space, a meteorite is in the ocean

A meteor is a star, a meteorite is a planet

A meteor is in space, a meteorite is in the atmosphere

A meteor burns up in the atmosphere, a meteorite hits the ground

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the radiant point in a meteor shower?

The point where meteors disappear

The point where meteors change direction

The point where meteors originate

The point where meteors slow down

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which constellation is associated with the Perseids meteor shower?

Cassiopeia

Taurus

Perseus

Orion

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What star cluster is used as a marker to find the Perseus constellation?

The Southern Cross

The Pleiades

The Big Dipper

Orion's Belt

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