Differentiating Meteors, Meteorites, and Meteoroids

What is the term used for the solid bit of material coming from space?

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Asteroid

What is the phenomenon called when a meteoroid gets hot and blazes across the sky?

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

What causes a meteoroid to heat up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere?

• Solar radiation

• Compression of air

• Friction with air

• Magnetic fields

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What is the process called when the material on the surface of a meteoroid vaporizes and blows away?

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Ablation

What are sporadic meteors typically composed of?

• Rock

• Metal

• Gas

• Ice

From what do most meteor showers originate?

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Stars

What is a bolide or fireball?

• A planet

• A comet

• A bright meteor

• A small meteor

What are the three broad categories of meteorites?

• Stony, Iron, Stony Iron

• Rocky, Metallic, Mixed

• Small, Medium, Large

• Primitive, Molten, Mixed

What happened in Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013?

• A comet hit the city

• A large meteoroid exploded in the atmosphere

• A meteor shower occurred

• An asteroid was detected

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What is one proposed method to prevent a large asteroid from hitting Earth?

• Using a giant magnet

• Lobbing a nuke at it

• Building a large shield

• Changing Earth's orbit

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3