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- 1. Multiple Choice
A meteor is dragged toward Earth by _____; it burns up due to ______ with the atmosphere
gravity; friction
friction; vaporization
gravity; vaporization
centrifugal force; friction
- 2. Multiple Choice
Meteorites are
meteors from Mars
meteors that strikes the Earth's surface
Asteroids captured by Earth's orbit
shooting stars
- 3. Multiple Choice
Meteors do not enter the Earth's atmosphere
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Meteors glow brightly as they fall because when they hit the Earth's atmosphere, the friction cause the meteor to heat up.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Before reaching Earth, meteors are known as ____
meteorites
comets
protoplanets
meteoroids
- 6. Multiple Choice
A meteor shower is caused when Earth
passes near the moon's orbiting debris halo
travels through the Kuiper belt
travels through the near-Earth asteroid belt
passes through the remnants of a comet's tail
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which is more valuable to scientists?
Meteoroid
Meteorite
coma
Asteroid
- 8. Multiple Choice
A small rock in the space between planets that has not entered the atmosphere of Earth is called ___
a meteoroid
a meteorite
a comet
all of the above
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