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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest asteroid in the Solar System?

a)

Ceres

b)

Pallas

c)

Juno

d)

Vesta

2.

Which asteroid was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi?

a)

Juno

b)

Vesta

c)

Pallas

d)

Ceres

3.

What type of asteroids are known to be very dark and carbonaceous?

a)

M-Type

b)

D-Type

c)

S-Type

d)

C-Type

4.

What is the name of the impact crater formed about 65 million years ago?

a)

Vesta Crater

b)

Pallas Crater

c)

Chicxulub Crater

d)

Ceres Crater

5.

Which of the following is a characteristic of comets?

a)

They have circular orbits.

b)

They originate from the Oort cloud.

c)

They are primarily made of metal.

d)

They are found only in the asteroid belt.

6.

What is the nucleus of a comet composed of?

a)

Plasma

b)

Liquid water

c)

Frozen gases and dust

d)

Rock and metal

7.

Which comet is known to be visible from Earth every 75-76 years?

a)

Halley's Comet

b)

Comet Hale-Bopp

c)

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

d)

Comet NEOWISE

8.

What is the Kuiper Belt primarily composed of?

a)

Metallic asteroids

b)

Gas giants

c)

Icy bodies

d)

Rocky asteroids

9.

What are meteors commonly referred to as?

a)

Shooting stars

b)

Falling rocks

c)

Space debris

d)

Comet tails

10.

What is a meteor shower?

a)

A celestial event with many meteors

b)

A type of planet

c)

A type of comet

d)

A group of asteroids

11.

What is the main source of meteors?

a)

The Sun

b)

The asteroid belt

c)

The Kuiper Belt

d)

The Oort cloud

12.

What is the approximate diameter of the Chicxulub Crater?

a)

180 km

b)

150 km

c)

200 km

d)

250 km

13.

Which type of asteroids are known to be rich in metallic substances?

a)

D-Type

b)

S-Type

c)

C-Type

d)

M-Type

14.

What is the outer edge of the Oort cloud theorized to contain?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Planets

c)

Gas giants

d)

Trillions of comets

15.

What is the primary difference between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites?

a)

Their color

b)

Their size

c)

Their location

d)

Their composition