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Meteroroid, Asteroid & Komet

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of an Asteroid?

a)

A small rocky body orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter

b)

A celestial body with a nucleus of ice and dust, has a tail

c)

A small body or object that enters Earth’s atmosphere

d)

A small rocky body that reaches Earth’s surface

2.

What is the definition of a Comet?

a)

A small rocky body, orbits the Sun between Mars & Jupiter

b)

An object with a nucleus of ice and dust that has a tail

c)

A small rocky object that enter Earth’s atmosphere

d)

An object that touches down on Earths surface

3.

What is an object called when it enters Earth’s atmosphere but DOES NOT reach the surface?

a)

Meteoraid

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Meteor

4.

What is a celestial object that gets through Earth’s atmosphere & touches down to the surface?

a)

Meteoraid

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Meteor

5.

What is it call when dozens of space rocks fall into earth’s atmosphere & burn up all at once?

a)

Asteroid showers

b)

Comet showers

c)

Meteor shows

d)

Meteor showers

6.

True or False : A meteor shower must have more than 10 meteors for it to be considered a shower

a)

False

b)

True

7.

What is the name of the famous comet that flies by Earth every 75 years?

a)

Heathers Comet

b)

Halie’s comet

c)

Hailey’s Comet

d)

Halleys Comet

8.

What almost completely wiped out the Dinosaurs?

a)

Meteorites

b)

Cavemen

c)

Pollution

d)

Starvation

9.

What is located between Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Jupiter belt

b)

Acer belt

c)

Kuiper belt

d)

Asteroid belt

10.

If a meteor reaches the Earth’s surface and collides with the Earth, what is created?

a)

Oort cloud

b)

Crater

c)

Crater hole

11.

What feature on a comet can be hundreds of millions of kilometers long?

a)

Shooting star

b)

Asteroid

c)

nucleus

d)

Tail

12.

Objects in the sky that are too small and numerous to be considered planets are called?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comet

c)

Meteoroids

d)

Meteorite