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- 1. Multiple Choice
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:AsteroidsCometsMeteroidsMeteors - 2. Multiple ChoiceAsteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:The Kupier BeltThe Oort CloudThe Planetary RingsThe Asteroid Belt
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a meteor called when it's in space?meteroidmeteormeteorite
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich space object is larger?AsteroidMeteorMeteorite
- 5. Multiple Choicewhere are asteroids found?between earth and venusbetween Jupiter and Saturnbetween Saturn and Uranusbetween Mars and Jupiter
- 6. Multiple Choicewhat is the comets tail made out of?gasesdustall of the above ^ice
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the composition of most comets?rock, ice, salt, carbonrock, ice, magma, frozen gasesice, dust, rock, frozen gasesice, dust, rock, soil
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIs a meteor an asteroid?YesNo
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat are meteors made of?chunks of rocks and mineralsiceironlava
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAre meteors bigger than asteroids?YesNoMabyeSometimes
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?Heat from the SunHeat from Earth's atmosphereThey are already so hot that our atmosphere can't handle itFriction from the Earth's atmosphere
- 12. Multiple ChoiceI am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.meteormeteoriteasteroidcomet
- 13. Multiple ChoiceOne similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:are made of rockcome from the Asteroid Beltcome from the Oort Cloudorbit the sun
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThese objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."CometsAsteroidsMeteorsMeteroids
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat are meteors sometimes called?shooting starsmoonssatellitesfalling asteroids
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