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What is a meteor also called
Rock
I don’t care
Shooting star
Star
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curved path around an object, star, planet or moon in space
asteroid
star
orbit
planet
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What is a comet?
A small piece of metal
An object larger than a meteoroid
A body of ice
A rock
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closest to sun, smallest, thinnest atmosphere
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
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eight planets and the sun, along with moons,asteroids, and comets
galaxy
solar system
Oort Cloud
universe
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a satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet
planet
satellite
Emily
moon
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How old can a meteorite be?
4.54billion years
4.89billion years
4.17billion years
4.54million years
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a meteorite is a...
A rock outside our atmosphere
a rock touching our Earth.
not a rock that touches our Earth
a rock in our solar system
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How would you define a meteoroid?
Another term for asteroid
A small rocky or metallic body in outer space
Debris from moons that have the ability to explode
A cluster of stars that travel through space
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farthest/coldest planet, 14 moons
Pluto
Uranus
Earth
Neptune
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What is a meteorite?
a meteoroid that reaches earth but does burn up
a meteoroid that reaches earth without burning up
a meteoroid that reaches earth but does burn up
a big name
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Where is METEOR CRATER located
Arizona
California
Colorado
Alabama
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What is a Meteor?
something made from ice in the space
a small rocky body floating in space
Meteorite in the earths atmosphere
when a meteoroid strikes the Earth's atmosphere and burns up
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What is a crater?
a bright star
something you eat
a deep hole
a t.v. show
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smaller pieces of asteroids in the atmosphere
meteor
asteroid
meteoroid
meteorite
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has many rings, 145 moons
Saturn
Jupiter
a tree
Uranus
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largest planet in solar system, Great RedSpot is 3x the size of Earth, 95 moons
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Jupiter
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What is a meteoroid?
Large metallic body in NASA
Large thing in the ground
Small rocky or metallic body in the ground
small rocky or metallic body in outer space
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made of meteoroids, water ice, and dust around a planet
fingers
asteroids
meteorids
rings
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rocks the size of a meter to several kilometers
meteor
meteoroid
meteorite
asteroid
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first planet discovered with telescope, orbits sideways, 27 moons
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
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covered in lava, hottest planet, atmosphere traps heat
Venus
Saturn
Earth
Mercury
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What does a meteorite hunter do?
search for meteorites
search for space dust
collect rocks
make meteorites
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smaller pieces of asteroids crashed into ground
meteorite
asteroid
meteoroid
meteor
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ice/rock and dust with stretched-out orbits, tails createdwith gases heat up
meteorite
meteor
comet
asteroid
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How deep is METEOR CRATER
205 ft
558 ft
420 ft
364 ft
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an object put into orbit around an object for communication or gathering scientific data
Charlie
moon
scientist
satellite
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Red Planet, two moons, rust on surface
Mars
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
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smaller pieces of asteroids in space
meteoroids
meteors
asteroids
meteorites
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What is a comet?
A planet in space with no sun or solar system
A object in space that is made of ice and dust
A object in space made with cheese
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largest inner planet, has oceans and life
Neptune
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
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What is a meteoroid?
Rock in the ground
Rock on the sun
Another type of rocky objects moving through space
Rock in the middle of the moon
