Comets Asteroids and Meteors

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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse
Meteoroid
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
As a comet approaches the sun, the gas and dust heat up and ____________________________.
form a fuzzy coma.
stream outward forming tails.
disappear.
shrink.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which object is like a "dirty snowball" about the size of a mountain?
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
Meteoroid
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A chunk of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky.
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A small piece of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky as it burns up.
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This was something that left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that is 93 miles wide and 12 miles deep. It brought about the end of the dinosaurs and almost three-quarters of the plant and animal species then living on Earth.
Halley's Comet
Meteor Crater
Apophis
The Chicxulub Impactor
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This small rocky body that reaches Earth's surface without burning up is called a ____.
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
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