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WorksheetsMeteors (Quiz)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
1. What do you call the fragments or debris that resulted from the collision of asteroids or comets?
A. Asteroid belt
B. Kuiper Belt
C. Meteoroids
A. Oort Cloud
2. What is the other name for a “shooting star”?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. falling star
D. meteor
3. Meteoroids are formed when asteroids collided and crushed into pieces. Based on this statement, where did the meteoroids originate?
A. Asteroid Belt
B. Mars
C. Moon
D. Sun
4. Which of the following best describe the picture?
A. meteorite
B. meteoroid with dust
C. comet with coma and ion tail
D. asteroid that falls to the Earth
5. Which best describe the picture?
A. Meteor
B. Meteoroid
C. Meteorite
D. Oort cloud
6. What is the name of meteoroid when it reaches the mesosphere?
A. asteroid
B. meteors
C. meteorites
D. meteor shower
7. Which of the following is the chemical composition of meteors?
A. dust, rock, metals, ice, frozen gases, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and other organic compounds
B. fragments of asteroids and comets iron, stone, stony, iron, and chondrites.
C. dust, rock, and metals like silicate, iron, and nickel including olive and pyroxene
D. None of the above
8. How is the orbit of meteorite?
A. Highly elliptical
B. More rounded
C. No orbit as it is inside the Earth’s atmosphere.
D. It follows the orbit of comets and asteroids.
9. When do we call meteorite a meteorite?
A. When the debris of comet and asteroid reaches the thermosphere.
B. When a meteoroid reaches the thermosphere.
C. When a meteor reaches the stratosphere.
D. When the meteor landed on the Earth’s ground.
10. Which of the following statements is correct about studying meteors? Choose the best answer.
A. To avoid being ignorant about celestial bodies.
B. To know about the early conditions and processes in the solar system’s history.
C. Provides information about the origin of space rocks
D. It will answer the Scientists curiosity.
