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NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam)
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Impact did not penetrate the comet’s core
Contained less water than expected
Tightly packed rather than loose materials
None of the above
A meteor usually burns up before it hits the Earth. If it doesn’t it is called a(n) __________.
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Pressure from sunlight causes the frozen rocks in the nucleus to fan out
from the head in direction of the Sun.
Pressure from the planets causes the gas vapor and dust particles in the
nucleus to fan out from the head in the direction of the Sun.
Pressure from sunlight causes the gas vapor and dust particles in the coma
to fan out from the head in the opposite direction of the Sun.
None of the above are correct
What results did the Deep Impact mission report? (Input all that apply, then push the
ENTER button.)
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Amor
Eros
Ida
Mathilde
Correct the following sentence in regards to the appearance of comets:
Pressure from the planets causes the gas vapor and dust particles in the nucleus to fan out
from the head in the direction of the Sun.
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Date:_______________________________
On which asteroid did NEAR land, discovering a surface strewn with craters?
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meteorite
ultra-meteor
meteormite
comet
Match the meteorite Siderite with the descriptions below.(Input all that apply and then
push the enter button)
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Composed of 90% iron.
Theorized to have come from a former planet’s crust.
A 60 ton specimen exists in Africa.
Theorized to have come from a former planet’s core.
None of the above
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An astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a planet nor originally
classified as a comet
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Coma
Meteoroid
Meteor
A meteor brighter than any of the planets
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Oort Cloud
Oort Comet
Elliptical orbit
Kuiper Belt
A chunk of rock or metal orbiting in space, similar to an asteroid but much smaller, by
current convention not exceeding a meter in size
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Meteors
Minor planets
Asteroids
Moons
A region of space beginning at 50,000 AU from the Sun and extending half-way to the
nearest star
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Fireball
Siderites
Meteorite
Iceball
A meteorite that is composed of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, and some iron
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Siderites
Aerolites
Tektites
Meteorites
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What is the cause of meteor showers?
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They appear to be irregular-shaped chunks of rock and metallic substances.
Some asteroids are large enough to have atmospheres.
They all seem to revolve around the Sun in the same direction as the larger
planets.
All of the above facts are true.
What are comets commonly named after?
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The comet Kohoutek
Hale-Bopp
Halley's comet
The Shoemaker-Levy comet
Which of the following facts about asteroids is False?
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The break-up of man-made satellites falling back into the Earth's
atmosphere
Remnants of broken-up comets
Remnants of broken-up asteroids
Pockets of hydrogen and helium gas trapped within the solar system
All of the above
What famous comet has a period of around 75 years, making it a frequent sight over the
history of mankind?
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Mythological figures
The person or persons who first discovered them.
Mountain ranges on Earth
Great astronomers from history
The region out beyond the orbit of Pluto believed to be full of comets is known as what?
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Meteor Belt
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Heliopause
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Most comets appear to have originated in the
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is a small (less than 1 meter) meteor
burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere
hits the Earth’s surface
In 1894 Admiral Robert Peary found the largest object from space ever found in the western
hemisphere. In what country was it discovered?
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hydrogen and oxygen
nitrogen and sodium
frozen gases and dust
A meteorite is a space object which
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Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Coma Belt
Comets are believed to be composed of
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Iceland
America
Greenland
France
Astronomers believe that meteoroids originated from the fragments of a shattered planet
within the
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meteor belts
auroias zones
asteroid belt
sun zones
NS2-M3C16 - Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites (Exam)
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