Trivia Quiz On Comets And Meteorites
Unit 2 Week 11 of Earth science for the Logic stage. This is a short quiz. When you are finished this, review all your material and go take the unit test that is on the unit 2 page.
- 1.Meteorids are
- A.
Chunks of ice made up of dust and water
- B.
Chuncks of metallic stony matter
- C.
Luminous balls of plasma
- 2.Meteors are bright streaks of light and smoke that are heated by
- A.
Air condensation
- B.
Air friction
- C.
Air compression
- 3.What are asteroids?
- A.
Pieces of stars
- B.
Small planets
- C.
Large rock-like chunks with some metals that orbit the sun
- 4.What is a comet made of?
- A.
Ice made from frozen gases, water, and dust
- B.
Moon dust
- C.
Fire and ice
- 5.What is the asteroid belt?
- A.
An area between the orbits of Mars amd Jupiter where most asteroids are found
- B.
A belt of rocks across a planet
- C.
A belt of rocks crossing the sun
- 6.Which comet is the often considered the most famous?
- A.
Holly's comet
- B.
Halley's comet
- C.
Gioppo's comet
- 7.What are the three parts of a comet?
- A.
The head, body, and tail
- B.
The nucleus, coma, and tail
- C.
The nucleus, protons, and electrons
- 8.The ___________ is the magnetic field that surrounds the Earth. It protects the Earth from a lot of the harmful energy arriving from the Sun.
- 9.What does the tail of the comet reflect?
- A.
The sun
- B.
The head of the comet
- C.
Earth
- 10.Asteroids are thought to be objects left over from what?
- A.
The disk of matter that formed the planets.
- B.
The disk of matter that formed the Sun
- 11.Which way does the tail of a comet flow?
- A.
The tail flows away from the sun, and does not necessarily point the direction the comet is moving.
- B.
The tail flows towards the sun, and points the direction the comet in which the comet is moving.
- 12.The ___________ part of a comet is composed of the nucleus and the coma.
- 13.___________ is the name for this quality of gas and dust near the nucleus.
- A.
Coma
- B.
Nucleus
- C.
Tail
- D.
Dust
- 14.Comets orbit the Sun in very large elliptical orbits.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.The ice that is composed in Comets is a form of what?
- A.
Frozen gasses
- B.
Frozen water
- C.
Frozen dust particles
- 16.Comets are composed of mostly ice and dust
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17._________ is the main part of a Comet.
- 18.Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris left by an asteroid.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.The debris that makes up Meteor Showers is usually about the size of what?
- A.
The size of Texas
- B.
Size of dust particles
- C.
The size of a baseball
- 20.______________are periods when up to 100 meteors an hour are visible.
- 21.______ is what scientists call the flow of energy from the Sun
- A.
Solar flare
- B.
Solar wind
- C.
Solar eclipse
- D.
Comet
- 22.Meteorites come mainly from the remnants of asteroids. A few have been linked to the Moon or Mars.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.When leaving space, the________ left from the tail of a comet remains in space after the comet has moved on.
- 24.What are in meteors?
- A.
Meteors are can be dust grains, little chunks of metal, bits of rocks, sand, or even chunks of ice.
- B.
They are alien space ships that crash into earth
- C.
They are parts off of the space station
- 25.How big are meteorites?
- A.
Meteorites range from the size of a small pebble to a large bolder. Most common meteorites are only a couple inches wide.
- B.
They are the size of baseballs, not any bigger or smaller
- C.
They are as big as cars
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