Meteors and Meteorites

Meteors and Meteorites

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Meteors and Meteorites

Meteors and Meteorites

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS1-6

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Aleena Velasco

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is a meteoroid?

A streak of light in the atmosphere

A small rock or particle of debris in space

A fragment that reaches the ground

An icy body that releases gases

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which celestial object is a rocky body smaller than a planet that orbits the Sun?

Comet

Asteroid

Meteor

Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a meteor fragment that reaches the ground?

Comet

Asteroid

Meteor

Meteorite

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which object is known for releasing gases as it orbits the Sun?

Asteroid

Meteor

Comet

Meteorite

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the streak of light seen when a meteoroid heats up in the atmosphere called?

Comet

Asteroid

Meteor

Meteorite

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of Earth's atmosphere in the appearance of meteors?

It reflects sunlight

It causes meteoroids to burn up

It cools down meteoroids

It deflects meteoroids

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the significance of Comet Swift-Tuttle in meteor showers?

It is the source of debris for both Perseids and Leonids

It causes solar flares

It impacts the Earth every year

It is visible only in the Southern Hemisphere

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