Asteroids, Meteors & Comets!

1.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

Asteroids are made of rock and metal

Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

All the above

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Asteroids are irregularly shaped due to less mass and gravitational force

TRUE

FALSE

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Asteroids can range in size from 1 meter to 1000Km

TRUE

FALSE

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

TRUE

FALSE

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where are most of the asteroids in the solar system located?

Asteroid Belt

Orion's Belt

Gemini Area

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What compromises the structure of a comet?

Nucleus, Coma, Dust tail, Ice

Nucleus, Dust tail & gases

Nucleus, Coma, dust tail & gas tail (ion tail)

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Nickname for Comets--

Rocks that glow

rock "stars"

dirty snowballs

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

As comets approach the sun they travel faster and have:

shorter tails

medium tails

longer tails

no tails due to solar winds

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

After orbiting the sun frequently Comets break into:

meteors

meteoroids

meteorites

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

As a meteor enters the earths atmosphere the pressure from the air molecules causes it to heat up

TRUE

FALSE

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A meteoroid is found

in Space

entering earths atmosphere

impacting earths surface

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Meteor is also known as a shooting star

TRUE

FALSE

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What creates a bowl shaped hole known as a crater

meteor

meteorite

meteoroid

14.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

What contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago? Check all that apply

impact asteroid

blocking of sunlight

plants could not photsynthesize

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A high frequency of meteors entering Earth's atmosphere is called a

meteor shower

Constellation

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