Check-In Quiz "Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite and Laws of P.Motion

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

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

What are meteors that are floating in space?

• Meteoroids

• Meteorites

• Comets

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

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Near the moon

• In the closet

What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

• They all are made of ice
• They all hit Earth's surface
• They all orbit the sun
• They have nothing in common

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

• Meteoroids range in size from dust grains to small asteroids, meteors are streaks of light we see in the sky, and meteorites are meteors that have landed on Earth.

• Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

• There are no differences

• Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

True or False: Meteoroids can be as small as a speck of dust.

• True

• False

Select all that apply. Meteoroids can be:

• rocky

• volcanic

• gaseous

• metallic

• planet size

Most meteorites come from

• Mercury

• Mars

• the moon

• asteroids