Meteors

Meteor showers are usually named after the constellation in which their radiant appears.

• True

• False

What do you call the occurrence in which Earth encounters many meteoroids at once?

• Meteor Garden

• Meteor Shower

• Asteroid Belt

It is a light phenomenon that occurs when a meteoroid burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Select the names of famous meteor showers.

• PERSEIDS

• GENOIDS

• LYRIDS

• LEONIDS

How many meteorites reach Earth's surface every year?

• 10 meteorites

• 1,200 meteorites

• 500 meteorites

• None

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When a meteor hits the Earth's ground, what is it called?

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When a meteorite enters our atmosphere, they can hit the ground with the speed of..

• 40,000 kilometers an hour

• 30,000 kilometers a second

• 40,000 kilometers a second

• 30,000 kilometers an hour

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What are meteors that are floating in space?

• Meteoroids

• Meteorites

• Comets

As a meteor enters the earths atmosphere the pressure from the air molecules causes it to heat up

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A meteoroid is found

• in Space

• entering earths atmosphere

• impacting earths surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2