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Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, And Meteorites
Test Description: Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What do you call the gas cloud that surrounds the nucleus of a comet?
A
dust storm
B
concussion
C
asteroid
D
coma
2) The _____ is the head or solid part of a comet.
A
snowball
B
nucleus
C
meteor
D
apostrophe
3) A comet is a lump of frozen gas, dust, and _____ that orbits the Sun.
A
ice
B
concrete
C
stars
D
rain
4) This is a comet's long ribbon-like trail of dust and gas that always points away from the sun.
A
bow
B
tail
C
tale
D
ribbon
5) This is a small piece of rock or metal that travels through space outside of Earth's atmosphere.
A
comet
B
meteoroid
C
meteor
D
asteroid
6) Comets orbit the sun in a(n) _______.
A
irregular shape
B
ellipse
C
rectangle
D
circle
7) Astronomers think that comets come from deep space from the ____________.
A
Oort Cloud
B
cumulus cloud
C
comet cloud
D
Pluto Cloud
8) ________ are very large chunks of rock or metal that orbit the Sun.
A
Kuiper Belt
B
Meteors
C
Asteroids
D
A dwarf planet
9) This is a piece of rock or metal that enters Earth's atmosphere and is often called a shooting star..
A
meteoroid
B
meteor
C
comet
D
meteorite
10) This is a piece or rock or metal that fall onto a moon or planet.
A
titanium
B
inner core
C
meteorite
D
comet
11) Small pieces or rock or metal that break off of an asteroid are called ______.
A
sand
B
chunks
C
meteoroids
D
warm fronts
12) What results when a meteorite hits a planet or moon?
A
forms a crater
B
bounces back into space
C
goes all the way through to the other side
D
kills all the dinosaurs
13) Earth isn't pocked with craters from meteorites like the moon because ______.
A
Earth has earthquakes and volcanoes that smooth away the craters.
B
The moon has no wind or water on its surface to erode the craters.
C
Earth has wind, water, and other types of erosion that diminish craters over time.
D
all of the above
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