Asteroids
Solar System
True or False
Earth Defense!
Save us!
100
The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
What are Mars and Jupiter?
100
_________ holds the planets in their orbits around the sun.
What is Gravity?
100
People who go into space to explore and collect data are called "space scholars"
False: Astronauts
100
Compared to the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb, the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion was this big:
20-30 times as big
100
Why is it dangerous to blow up an asteroid?
The chunks might still hit us.
200
The Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013 was this big.
What is 20 meters?
200
__________ are chunks of rock in orbit around the sun.
What are asteroids?
200
Our Solar system is big compared with our entire galaxy.
False: It's really small
200
Name two factors that affect how bad a meteor/asteroid strike is. (out of 4)
Type of asteroid size angle of attack speed (kinetic energy)
200
Why are asteroids so hard to see in space with visible light?
They are black, and so is space!
300
This is number of asteroids that could harm Earth.
What is millions?
300
__________ are chunks of rock that fall through the Earth's atmosphere
What are meteors?
300
All of the space shuttle missions have been successful.
False
300
The reason we can't see about half of the dangerous asteroids.
They are blocked by the sun.
300
What type of electromagnetic light will the Space Asteroid detecting telescope use?
Infrared (heat)
400
These were wiped out by a large asteroid hitting Earth.
What are the dinosaurs?
400
__________ is the most massive object in our Solar System.
What is the Sun?
400
Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet. Dis!
True, Poor little Pluto!
400
Name the 2 options for saving earth from an asteroid.
1. Blow it up 2. Hit it to move it.
400
What type of asteroid hit in the Arizona desert 50,000 years ago?
Iron (or metal)
500
Name the 3 types of Asteroids.
What are: Rocky, Rocky-Iron, Iron (metal ok)
500
Jupiter and Saturn both have these.
What are Rings?
500
The orbits of the Earth and Moon are similar, they both rely on the gravity of a bigger object to keep them in orbit.
True
500
This is a good place to put an asteroid detecting telescope.
What is Space?
500
Why was the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion not so bad?
The area didn't have so many people. It broke apart early. The angle of attack was low (not straight down)
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