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Space Junk

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

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A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

has a tail of ice and gas

is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

enters the Earth's atmoshere

has a nucleus mad of rock and snow.

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

Asteroid

Star

Meteor

Comet

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

comets and stars

stars and meteors

asteroid and meteors

comets and asteroid

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

meteor

meteorite

asteroid

comet

What do comets orbit

The Stars

The Planets

The Sun

Earth

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

meteorite

meteroid

meteor

Earth

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:

Comets

Meteors

Asteroids

Meteroids

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

The Kupier Belt

The Oort Cloud

The Planetary Rings

The Asteroid Belt

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

Asteroids

Comets

Meteroids

Meteors

10.

What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?

Heat from the Sun

Heat from Earth's atmosphere

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

Friction from the Earth's atmosphere

11.

Piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.

asteroid

meteoroid

comet

meteor

12.

Where are asteroids found?

between earth and venus

between Jupiter and Saturn

between Saturn and Uranus

between Mars and Jupiter

13.

This is disk shaped area that begins at Neptune's orbit. Pluto is included in this area.

Kuiper Belt

Asteroid Belt

Oort Cloud

14.

Spherical region that is the farthest area of our solar system is called

Kuiper Belt

Oort Cloud

Asteroid Belt

15.

The shape of comet's paths are ________________.

circular

elliptical

irregular

16.

Meteorites...

hit the ground

burn up completely in the atmosphere

debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

17.

What makes a meteoroid, meteor, and a meteorite different? (best answer)

color

size

location

texture

18.

Choose the best description for a meteorite...

-still in space

-burns up in earth's atmosphere

-hits earth surface

19.

Choose the best description for a meteor...

-still in space

-burns up in earths atmosphere

-hits earth surface

20.

Choose the best description for a meteoroid...

-burns up while entering earths atmosphere

-hits earth surface

-still in space

21.

Objects in space that are made of rock and have NO tail are called...

Comet

Asteroid

Meteorite

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Space Junk

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

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