
Space Quest 9
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Tanya Aisley
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Asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids
Lesson 9 - Good and Beautiful Science of Space
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Have you ever seen a shooting star?
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October 9, 1992
This is the only piece that was found - a piece that broke of the meteorite estimated to weigh over 2 tons!
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A space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and hits the earth's surface.
Meteorite
16 different people who captured the meteorite on video allowed scientists to study the 1992 meteorite's flight path.
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Multiple Choice
Irregularly shaped celestial bodies that orbit the sun.
Meteor
Meteoroid
Asteroid
Comet
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Irregularly shaped bodies that orbit the sun.
Some are 100 miles long,
some are much smaller.
Asteroids
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Multiple Choice
A space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere is a ...
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
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Multiple Choice
Because they are so much smaller than planets, asteroids do not have enough gravity to pull themselves into the shape of a ball.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Most asteroids can be found in
the Asteroid Belt
The Meteor Circle
Saturn's rings
floating in the Solar System
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Multiple Choice
The Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of
Venus and Mars
Mars and Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn
Saturn and Neptune
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Draw
Outline the asteroid belt
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Draw
Draw the Asteroid Belt
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Multiple Select
The Asteroid Belt is located between the orbits of
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
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Multiple Choice
Which ones are the largest of all listed?
Meteoroids
Meteors
Asteroids
Comets
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Multiple Choice
Most of the objects in space are shaped like
ellipses
planes
spheres
dodecahedron
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Multiple Select
Asteroids are made up of (select 3 that apply)
rock
ice
metal
water
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Multiple Choice
Where is the Chicxulub crater that was discovered in 1970 and that scientists believe was caused by such a powerful meteorite that potentially killed dinosaurs?
Canada
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
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Draw
Where is Mexico?
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Multiple Choice
Irregularly shaped bodies, the center of which can be up to 10 km in diameter and is surrounded by gases.
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
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Multiple Choice
Giant dirty snowballs made up of ice, rock, and frozen gases.
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
Comet
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Multiple Choice
We can predict when the next comet comes around.
True
False
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Type answer...
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Multiple Select
Choose two comets mentioned in the chapter.
Baker's comet
Halley's comet
Hale-Bopp
5D-Brorsen
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Multiple Choice
Comets with short orbits can take up to how many years to come back?
100
200
300
400
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Multiple Select
Where do meteoroids come from? (select 2)
Broken pieces of asteroids
The tail of a comet
Space dust
From outside the Solar System
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Multiple Choice
A meteoroid is out in space.
True
False
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Draw
Outline coma
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Multiple Choice
A glow around the comet, caused by gas that appears when the rock is burning under intense heat from solid straight to gas, is called ...
Coma
Comeo
Glo
Cameo
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Multiple Choice
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it becomes...
a meteor
a meteorite
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Multiple Choice
When a meteoroid hits the Earth, it becomes...
a meteor
a meteorite
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See you next week!
Thank you, space explorers!
Asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids
Lesson 9 - Good and Beautiful Science of Space
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