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Space Rocks Review 1
Test Description: Space rock vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A comet that orbits the sun every 200 years or less is called what?
A
a short period comet
B
a long period comet
C
a long orbit comet
D
a quick orbit comet
2) The first NASA spacecraft designed to study a comet
A
stardust
B
spacemonkey
C
spacedust
D
starfleet
3) Dirt and small rocks or pebbles floating in space that become meteors when the enter the Earth's atmosphere
A
meteorite
B
meteoroid
C
meteor
D
asteroid
4) A comet that orbits the sun every 201 years or more is called what?
A
long period comet
B
a quick orbit comet
C
short period comet
D
a long orbit comet
5) A large ball of ice mixed with rocks and dirt, having a long luminous tail when its orbit passes close to the sun
A
asteroid
B
comet
C
meteoroid
D
meteor
6) A particular comet that occurs every 75 years, named after the man who discovered it by studying ancient records
A
Halley's
B
Hippo Space Dancer
C
Hale-Bopp
D
Shoemaker-Levy 9
7) Meteors that have entered the Earth's atmosphere and fallen to the ground without completely burning up.
A
meteoroid
B
meteorite
C
asteroid
D
meteor
8) Large rocks orbiting the sun in space ranging in size from several feet long to larger than a football field.
A
meteorite
B
meteoroid
C
asteroid
D
meteor
9) The space between Mars and Jupiter where millions of asteroids orbit the sun
A
kuiper belt
B
asteroid channel
C
asteroid belt
D
asteroid suspenders
10) This occurs when the earth crosses the orbit of a comet causing leftover dust and debris to enter our atmosphere, resulting in a large number of shooting stars
A
Comet show
B
meteor shower
C
asteroid explosions
D
fireworks
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