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chapter 13 asteroid, meteoroid and comet

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the major parts of a comet?

a)

Body and neck

b)

Body and tail

c)

Head and tail

d)

Nucleus,neck and tail

2.

What is the meteoroids?

a)

Solid particles that are not moving

b)

Large pierces of rocks in the solar system

c)

solid particles that are build from ice

d)

Debris of rocks and iron floating in space

3.

What do we call a meteor that has reached the Earth?

a)

Comet

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Asteroid

4.

How can the Earth may slide away from its orbit?

a)

When a comet burns

b)

When the Earth is hit by an enormous asteroid

c)

When a crater is formed on the Earth

d)

When there is valcano eruption

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

a)

Meteoroids are sand size, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors that has landed

b)

Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

c)

There are no differences

d)

Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

9.

Small body made up of a mixture of ice, gas and frozen dust. It travels around the Sun in its own orbit.

a)
b)
c)
10.

Floating pieces of stone and metal that moves in space

a)
b)
c)
11.
Made of very dense rock and metal that is very different from the rocks that make up the inner planets.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
12.
Made of rocks that are very similar to the rocks that make up the inner planets. 
a)
asteroids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
13.
Made of ice, dust and gas
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
14.
Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -
a)
Asteroids
b)
Meteors
c)
Comets
d)
Planets