Meteorite vocab
Define rare.
What is unusual?
What is a meteorite?
What is a rock from outer space?
Define withdrew.
What is stopped taking part?
What did Andy do with the money he won?
What is pay off the mortgage on his parents' farm?
Define estimate.
What is an educated guess?
Are most meteorites large or small?
What is small?
Define challenging.
What is difficult?
Name two challenges about this race.
What are steep hills, hot sun, strong wins, cold weather, rain, injuries, and illnesses?
Define impact.
What is when one thing crashes into another?
What is the main reason scientists study meteorites?
What is to prevent them from hitting earth?
Define participated
What is took part in?
This race began in Los Angeles and ended in what city?
What is New York?
Define crater.
What is a bowl-shaped hollow area in rock?
What do scientists look for to distinguish meteorites from other rocks?
What is they contain more metal than earth rocks?
Define terrain.
What is an area of land?
Tell the sickness that Andy had during the race.
What is tonsillitis?
Define alter.
What is change?
Scientists have estimated that meteorites about a mile wide or larger hit earth only once or twice every _________ years.
What is million?
Define transcontinental.
What is going from one end of a continent to another?
How much money did Andy win for winning this race?
What is $25,000?