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WorksheetsChapter 13 (Meteroid, Asteroid, Comet)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
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1.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteroids
d)
Meteors
2.
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
3.
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a)
meteroid
b)
meteor
c)
meteorite
4.
Which space object is larger?
a)
Asteroid
b)
Meteor
c)
Meteorite
5.
where are asteroids found?
a)
between earth and venus
b)
between Jupiter and Saturn
c)
between Saturn and Uranus
d)
between Mars and Jupiter
6.
Is a meteor an asteroid?
a)
Yes
b)
No
7.
What are meteors made of?
a)
chunks of rocks and minerals
b)
ice
c)
iron
d)
lava
8.
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
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.
What are meteors sometimes called?
a)
shooting stars
b)
moons
c)
satellites
d)
falling asteroids
11.
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
12.
When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
a)
meteorite
b)
meteroid
c)
meteor
13.
These objects orbit just like planets (Elliptically).
a)
Comets
b)
Meteors
c)
Asteroids
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
15.
a)
Comet
b)
Asteroid
c)
Meteor
16.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Meteor
17.
How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?
a)
A meteor is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
b)
A meteorite is moving through the 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
18.
Hale-Bopp is made of ice and dust. It orbits far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This tail extends more than 1 million km. What am I?
a)
star
b)
comet
c)
meteor
d)
asteroid
19.
Broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to10m are moving around in our solar system. These are called
a)
meteorites
b)
meteors
c)
meteoroids
d)
junk
20.
Which object is essentially stationary compared to all other objects in the solar system?
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
star
d)
moon
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