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- 1. Multiple Choice
What happens when the comets go near the sun?
the tails are developed
become smaller
disappear
burned
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not true about meteors?
Some portions are burned up in the atmosphere
They do not reach the ground of the Earth
Scientists can collect so much of it
They come in a group
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the main difference between asteroids and meteoroids?
Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris
Asteroids are only found in the “belt” between Mars and Jupiter
Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids
Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids
- 4. Multiple Choice
How do we know if a meteor has made contact with Earth’s atmosphere?
It burns up and becomes a “shooting star”
A species like the dinosaurs die out
We find space rock on the ground
Humans on Earth die
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is found in the middle of Mars and Jupiter’s orbit?
Asteroid belt
Comets
Meteors
Planets
- 6. Multiple Choice
What part of the comet forms around a comet's nucleus? This cloud is made by solar wind striking the surface of the nucleus, causing a mixture of gas and dust to form around it.
Coma
Fire
Light
Ring
- 7. Multiple Choice
What type of asteroids that is rich in metallic substances such as nickel- iron, giving them reddish in color?
C – type
M – type
N – type
S – type
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which among the choices is one similarity between asteroids, comets, and meteors?
come from the Asteroid belt
come from the Oort cloud
made of rock
orbit the Sun
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which best describes the tail of a comet?
Trails behind the comet, pointing away from the Sun as the comet approaches it, and toward the Sun as the comet moves out of the inner Solar System.
gas and dust expelled from the comet’s nucleus and blown outward by radiation pressure and the solar wind
gas and dust pulled off the comet by the Sun’s gravity
always points away from the Sun
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of these objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, “dirty snowballs”?
asteroids
comets
meteors
meteoroids
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are meteors made of?
chunks of rocks and minerals
butterfly wings
gas and dust
fish
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statement is false?
The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt is Ceres
Ceres and Vesta are both in the asteroid belt
The asteroid belt contains millions of asteroids
Pluto is in the asteroid belt
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where do Asteroids “hang out” in our solar system?
Asteroid belt
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
Planetary rings
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which space object is larger?
asteroid
meteor
meteorite
meteoroid
- 15. Multiple Choice
When does a meteor shower occur?
when the tail of a comet enters the Earth atmosphere
when a meteoroid enters the Earth atmosphere
when there are fireworks in the sky
when an asteroid falls on the earth
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