Exploring Dangers in Space - Buffy Silverman

The size of the largest space rock is the same as which American state?

• California

• Texas

• Ohio

• West Virginia

What name is given to a scientist that studies space?

• anthropologists

• astrophysicist

• archaeologist

• astronomer

Most space rocks _________when they enter our atmosphere. (1 word)

Which planet is closest to the asteroid belt?

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

A comet can look like a dirty __________(1 compound word)

How small can a meteroid be?

• a boulder

• a grain of sand

• a muffin

• a marble

A meteroid is made from crashing asteroids but also from ___________.(2 words)

The Hoba meteroite landed on Earth ___________ years ago.

• 80,0000

• 8,000

• 18,000

• 80,000

How many years between Skylab and parts of Mir Station fall back down to Earth?

• 11

• 22

• 33

• 44

Over ________ large craters have been found on Earth. (1 number)