Meteors (Quiz)

1. What do you call the fragments or debris that resulted from the collision of asteroids or comets?

• A.   Asteroid belt

• B.   Kuiper Belt

• C. Meteoroids

• A.   Oort Cloud

2. What is the other name for a “shooting star”?

• A.   asteroid

• B. comet

• C. falling star

• D. meteor

3. Meteoroids are formed when asteroids collided and crushed into pieces. Based on this statement, where did the meteoroids originate?

• A.   Asteroid Belt

• B. Mars

• C. Moon

• D. Sun

4. Which of the following best describe the picture?

• A. meteorite

• B. meteoroid with dust

• C. comet with coma and ion tail

• D. asteroid that falls to the Earth

5. Which best describe the picture?

• A. Meteor

• B. Meteoroid

• C. Meteorite

• D. Oort cloud

6. What is the name of meteoroid when it reaches the mesosphere?

• A. asteroid

• B. meteors

• C. meteorites

• D. meteor shower

7. Which of the following is the chemical composition of meteors?

• A.      dust, rock, metals, ice, frozen gases, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and other organic compounds

• B. fragments of asteroids and comets iron, stone, stony, iron, and chondrites.

• C. dust, rock, and metals like silicate, iron, and nickel including olive and pyroxene

• D. None of the above

8. How is the orbit of meteorite?

• A.      Highly elliptical

• B. More rounded

• C. No orbit as it is inside the Earth’s atmosphere.

• D. It follows the orbit of comets and asteroids.

9. When do we call meteorite a meteorite?

• A.      When the debris of comet and asteroid reaches the thermosphere.

• B. When a meteoroid reaches the thermosphere.

• C. When a meteor reaches the stratosphere.

• D. When the meteor landed on the Earth’s ground.

10. Which of the following statements is correct about studying meteors? Choose the best answer.

• A.      To avoid being ignorant about celestial bodies.

• B.   To know about the early conditions and processes in the solar system’s history.

• C. Provides information about the origin of space rocks

• D. It will answer the Scientists curiosity.