QUIZ: Meteors and Meteorites

QUIZ: Meteors and Meteorites

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Chris Padilla

Science

11th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

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A "shooting star" is really a tiny bit of interplanetary debris heated to ___

fluorescence

phosphorescence

incandescence

chemiluminescence

2.

Multiple Choice

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Before it becomes a "shooting star", the actual bit of solid stuff coming from space is called ___

a meteoroid

a meteor

a meteorite

an asteroid

3.

Multiple Choice

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The phenomenon of a meteoroid getting hot and blazing across the sky is called ___

a comet

a meteor

a meteorite

an asteroid

4.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

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If a meteor hits the ground, we call it ___

a meteoroid

a fallen star

a meteorite

an asteroid

5.

Multiple Choice

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When a meteoroid enters our atmosphere, it can be moving at speeds up to __

70 kilometers per hour

700 kilometers per hour

70 kilometers per second

700 kilometers per second

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