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Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A weather satellite is damaged when a                 collided with it.
  1. meteor
  2. meteorite
  3. meteoroid
  4. constellation
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
This body once was, but no longer is considered to be, a planet in our solar system.
  1. Neptune
  2. Pluto
  3. Sun
  4. Mars
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Where do we find most asteroids in our solar system?
  1. Between Mars and Earth
  2. Between Mars and Jupiter
  3. Between Mars and Saturn
  4. Between Mars and Pluto
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto a "Dwarf Planet."
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit?
  1. comet
  2. asteroid
  3. meteor
  4. meteorite
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Pluto is considered what type of celestial body?
  1. moon
  2. gas giant
  3. dwarf planet
  4. terrestrial planet
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What are the numerous, rocky objects revolving around the Sun that are too small to be considered planets?
  1. comets
  2. asteroids
  3. meteors
  4. meteorites
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Meteor showers are named after                .
  1. comets
  2. meteorites
  3. meteoroids
  4. constellations
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
A small rock in space is called a                  .
  1. meteor
  2. meteoroid
  3. asteroid
  4. none of the above
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Match the following terms with their respective definitions.
Meteor Asteroid Meteoroid Meteorite Comet
Also known as shooting stars because they burn up in the atmosphere
A space rock that lands on the surface of the each in which we could pick up
Also known as dirty snowballs, composed of gas, ice, rock and sometimes have a tail
A space rock that is smaller than a pebble and found in space
A space rock that is larger than a pebble and found in space.
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
What is a meteorite?
  1. a bright streak of light that passes through Earth's atmosphere
  2. large clouds of gas and dust in space
  3. an object from which no light can escape
  4. a piece of a meteoroid that lands on Earth after passing through the atmosphere
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The Perseid meteor shower occurs in January.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
The inner part of a comet is called its coma.
  1. True
  2. False