Worksheetscomets, asteroids and meteors
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are meteors sometimes called?
a)
shooting stars
b)
moons
c)
satellites
d)
falling asteroids
2.
When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
a)
meteorite
b)
meteroid
c)
meteor
3.
Is a meteor an asteroid?
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
What are meteors made of?
a)
chunks of rocks and minerals
b)
ice
c)
iron
d)
lava
5.
Are meteors bigger than asteroids?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Mabye
d)
Sometimes
6.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
7.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteroids
d)
Meteors
8.
Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:
a)
The Kupier Belt
b)
The Oort Cloud
c)
The Planetary Rings
d)
The Asteroid Belt
9.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun
10.
These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteroids
11.
When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:
a)
Pothole
b)
Crater
c)
Canyon
d)
Plateau
12.
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a)
meteroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
13.
What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?
a)
Heat from the Sun
b)
Heat from Earth's atmosphere
c)
They are already so hot that our atmosphere can't handle it
d)
Friction from the Earth's atmosphere
14.
Which space object is larger?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Meteorite
15.
where are asteroids found?
a)
between earth and venus
b)
between Jupiter and Saturn
c)
between Saturn and Uranus
d)
between Mars and Jupiter
16.
Between a meteroid and a comet, whose orbit (ellipse) moves the furthest away from the sun and sometimes past Neptune?
a)
meteroids
b)
comets
17.
Our Earth has many huge craters on it.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
One theory about how the dinosaurs went extinct is...
a)
They caught the flu.
b)
That a meteorite came and hit our Earth causing their extinction.
c)
They ate each other until they all went extinct.
d)
An Astroid hit the Earth
19.
What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?
a)
A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not
b)
An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not
c)
When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid
d)
An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter
20.
what is the comets tail made out of?
a)
gases
b)
dust
c)
all of the above ^
d)
ice
21.
How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?
a)
A meteor is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
b)
A meteorite is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
c)
Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
d)
They are the same thing
22.
What is the composition of most comets?
a)
rock, ice, salt, carbon
b)
rock, ice, magma, frozen gases
c)
ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
d)
ice, dust, rock, soil
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