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WorksheetsC.A.M Check-Up
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
The belt between Mars and Jupiter
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Stars
2.
They are sometimes called shooting stars
a)
interplanetary dust
b)
asteroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
3.
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?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Star
c)
Meteor
d)
Comet
4.
The tail of a comet usually faces
a)
toward the sun
b)
toward the Earth
c)
away from the Sun
d)
away from the Earth
5.
We are composed mainly of rock and metal.
a)
comets and stars
b)
stars and meteors
c)
asteroid and meteors
d)
comets and asteroid
6.
When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
a)
meteorite
b)
meteroid
c)
meteor
7.
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
8.
Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:
a)
Comets
b)
Meteors
c)
Asteroids
d)
Meteroids
9.
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
10.
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a)
meteroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
11.
Are meteors bigger than asteroids?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Mabye
d)
Sometimes
12.
The orbit of comets is which shape?
a)
Circular
b)
Elliptical/Oval
c)
Comets do not orbit the Sun
13.
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
14.
Describe a comets origin and orbit.
a)
Between Mars and Jupiter, long-elliptical orbit
b)
Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, circular orbit similar to a planet
c)
Another galaxy, long-elliptical orbit
d)
Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, long elliptical orbit
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