Dr. Binocs_Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites

Where are meteoroids found?

• Between Earth and Mars

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Saturn and Uranus

• Between Jupiter and Saturn

What is a meteor called when it passes through the Earth's atmosphere?

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Asteroid

What happens when a meteor survives through the atmosphere and collides with the Earth's surface?

• It turns into an asteroid

• It turns into a meteorite

• It turns into a comet

• It turns into a meteoroid

What are the three types of meteorites?

• Rocky, Iron, Dusty

• Carbonaceous, Chondritic, Achondritic

• Cometary, Asteroidal, Lunar

• Stony, Metallic, Magnetic

How many meteorites reach Earth's surface every year?

• 100

• 5000

• 500

• 1000

What is the parent body of meteoroids?

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Moons

What is the estimated number of meteors that enter the Earth's atmosphere every day?

• 50 million

• 1 million

• 10 million

• 25 million

What is the name given to the small percentage of meteoroids that follow a particular path to the Earth's atmosphere and then back out again?

• Asteroidal Fragments

• Cometary Debris

• Shooting Stars

• Grazing Fireballs