Chapter 27 Vocab Quiz - Solar System
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- 1.What is a mass of rock, ice, dust, and gas traveling around the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit?
- A.
Asteroid
- B.
Comet
- C.
Meteor
- D.
Dwarf Planet
- 2.What is a solid, rocklike mass that revolves around the sun, most of which remain in a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
- A.
Comet
- B.
Meteorite
- C.
Nebula
- D.
Asteroid
- 3.What is the light made by a meteroid as it passes through Earth's atmosphere?
- A.
Star
- B.
Meteorite
- C.
Meteor
- D.
Meteor Shower
- 4.What is part of a large meteoroid that survives its trip through the atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface?
- A.
Meteorite
- B.
Meteorette
- C.
Sand
- D.
Meteor
- 5.What are the four planets nearest the sun called?
- 6.What are the planets past the inner planets called?
- 7.What is it called when large numbers of meteors streak across the night sky within a few hours of one another?
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