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WorksheetsCHAPTER 13
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
What are the major parts of a comet?
Body and neck
Body and tail
Head and tail
Nucleus,neck and tail
What is the meteoroids?
Solid particles that are not moving
Large pierces of rocks in the solar system
solid particles that are build from ice
Debris of rocks and iron floating in space
Which of the following is known as the small planet?
Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Which of the following is not an example of asteroids?
Vesta
Apollo
Amor
Aten
What do we call a meteor that has reached the Earth?
Comet
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Asteroid
How can the Earth may slide away from its orbit?
When a comet burns
When the Earth is hit by an enormous asteroid
When a crater is formed on the Earth
When there is valcano eruption
What is the definition of an Asteroid?
A small rocky body orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter
A celestial body with a nucleus of ice and dust, has a tail
A small body or object that enters Earth’s atmosphere
A small rocky body that reaches Earth’s surface
What is the definition of a Comet?
A small rocky body, orbits the Sun between Mars & Jupiter
An object with a nucleus of ice and dust that has a tail
A small rocky object that enter Earth’s atmosphere
An object that touches down on Earths surface
What is an object called when it enters Earth’s atmosphere but DOES NOT reach the surface?
Meteoraid
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Meteor
What is it call when dozens of space rocks fall into earth’s atmosphere & burn up all at once?
Asteroid showers
Comet showers
Meteor shows
Meteor showers
What is the name of the famous comet that flies by Earth every 75 years?
Heathers Comet
Halie’s comet
Hailey’s Comet
Halleys Comet
How does the orbit of a comet compare to the orbit of a planet?
Comets have a shorter rounder orbit than a planet
Comets have a longer more oblong like orbit than a planet
They have the same orbit
Comets do not have an orbit, they are all random
What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?
Meteoroids are sand size, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors that has landed
Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars
There are no differences
Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars
What is the composition of most Comets?
Rock, Ice, Salt, Carbon
Rock, Ice, Magma, Frozen Gases
Ice, Dust, Rock, Frozen Gases
Ice, Dust, Rock, Soil
What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?
They are made out of flammable materials
They cannot handle the pressure of Earth
They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light
Friction from the Earths atmosphere
