Celestial Objects
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Question 1
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Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
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Asteroids
Comets
moon
Meteors
Question 2
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Q. These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
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Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
Meteroids
Question 3
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When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
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Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
Meteorites
Question 4
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Q. Millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are known as -
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Asteroids
Meteors
Comets
Planets
Question 5
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Q. A shooting star is actually a...
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Comet
Meteoroid
Meteorite
Meteor
Question 6
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Q. The luminous celestial body (a bright space object) around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.
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satellite
planet
sun
galaxy
Question 7
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Q. Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets.
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asteroid
comet
meteor
meteroid
Question 8
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Q. A small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light.
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meteor
comet
asteroid
star
Question 9
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Q. Phobos is a celestial object that orbits Mars and is made mostly of rock. This celestial body is a
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moon
asteroid
planet
meteoroid
Question 10
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Q. A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.
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planet
meteorite
star
asteroid belt
Question 11
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Q. Pieces of asteroids that land on other planets including earth's surface.
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meteorite
meteor
moon
Cannot happen. What happens in space stays in space.
Question 12
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Q. 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?
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star
comet
meteor
asteroid
Question 13
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Q. Broken pieces of asteroids and comets that range in size from small dust to10m are moving around in our solar system. These are called
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meteorites
meteors
meteoroids
junk
Question 14
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Q. Which object is essentially stationary compared to all other objects in the solar system?
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comet
asteroid
star
moon
Question 15
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Q. This round celestial body does not produce its own light, orbits the sun, and is larger than an asteroid.
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meteoroid
moon
planet
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