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Asteroid Collision Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an asteroid?

a)

a small rocky item that orbits the sun. Leftovers from the creation of the Universe.

b)

a planet made of gas that orbits the sun, found between Jupiter and Neptune.

c)

a small item made of ice that orbits the sun from beyond Neptune.

2.

Observe:

a)

to hear something from a far distance

b)

notice or perceive something and register it as being important.

c)

to throw an object in an arc

3.

Collision:

a)

two items moving simultaneously in an arc

b)

the sound that a penny makes as it falls upon the floor

c)

an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another.

4.

devastation:

a)

great care and maintenance.

b)

great destruction or damage

c)

a perfect appearance

5.

Damage:

a)

physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.

b)

perfect appearance

c)

great care and improvement

6.

Orbit:

a)

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

b)

stationary object that does not move

c)

a straight line of travel

7.

Gravity:

a)

the force that pushes up on an item or body

b)

the circular force that keeps rotating objects in their path of motion

c)

the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

8.

Impact:

a)

the harmony of two objects

b)

two items in unison

c)

the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

9.

dangerous:

a)

able or likely to cause harm or injury.

b)

able or likely to cause repair

c)

able or likely to cause harmony

10.

Motion:

a)

the process of being still

b)

stationary

c)

the action or process of moving or being moved.

11.

Position:

a)

insignificance

b)

removal

c)

a place where someone or something is located or has been put.

12.

Speed:

a)

how heavy an item or object measures, usually in pounds

b)

how loud an item or object measures, usually in decibels

c)

the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

13.

Interaction:

a)

a particular way in which matter, fields, and atomic and subatomic particles affect one another, e.g. through gravitation or electromagnetism.

b)

the separation of two items of matter

c)

the process by which a molecule is separated into the component atoms

14.

Transfer:

a)

move from one place to another.

b)

retain

c)

the act of being still

15.

Mass:

a)

the measure of how loud an item can become

b)

the quantity of matter which a body contains

c)

the wavelength of light that an object reflects

16.

Path:

a)

blockage

b)

the act of being still

c)

the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving.

17.

Increase:

a)

to diminish or to make smaller

b)

compression

c)

become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree; more

18.

Range:

a)

the part of a motor that houses the carburetor

b)

the distance within which something can be reached or perceived

c)

the amount of change between the angle of reflection and the range of the refraction from a beam of light

19.

Distance:

a)

sympathy extended to one who has suffered great loss

b)

an amount of space between two things or people

c)

friendliness

20.

Increase:

a)

become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree

b)

to diminish in amount, size, intensity, or degree

c)

loss