Question 1

Match between columns
                        Premises: the head of a comet
planetary objects caught in Jupiter's Lagrange points
stony meteorites lacking chondrules and volatiles
a spherical cloud of icy bodies extending 10,000 to 100,000 AU from the Sun
objects with orbits between, or crossing, orbits of the Jovian planets
asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System
chondrites rich in water, other volatiles and organic compounds
sections of asteroid belt orbits that are nearly preoccupied caused by orbital resonances with Jupiter
impact crater likely the evidence for the extinction of dinosaurs
chondrites with calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions

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The Answer of achondrites and Chicxulub and Apollo-Armor objects and is...

Question 2

What causes the meteor showers we witness on Earth?

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A)  Earth passes through comet dust particles. 
B)  Earth passes through remnants of an impacted asteroid. 
C)  Earth passes through the asteroid belt. 
D)  Earth passes through the coma of a comet. 
E)  Earth passes through solar wind particles. 
A)  Earth passes through comet dust particles. 
B)  Earth passes through remnants of an impacted asteroid. 
C)  Earth passes through the asteroid belt. 
D)  Earth passes through the coma of a comet. 
E)  Earth passes through solar wind particles.

Question 3

A Trojan asteroid is caught within the Lagrange points of which planet?

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A)  Venus 
B)  Earth 
C)  Mars 
D)  Jupiter 
E)  Neptune 
A)  Venus 
B)  Earth 
C)  Mars 
D)  Jupiter 
E)  Neptune

Question 4

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

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A)  It builds up speed and increases its orbital period. 
B)  It is vaporized by the Sun, becoming inactive rock and dust. 
C)  It is pulled in by the gravitation forces of a Terrestrial planet. 
D)  It is blasted apart by asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
E)  It absorbs more ice and rock from asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
A)  It builds up speed and increases its orbital period. 
B)  It is vaporized by the Sun, becoming inactive rock and dust. 
C)  It is pulled in by the gravitation forces of a Terrestrial planet. 
D)  It is blasted apart by asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
E)  It absorbs more ice and rock from asteroids within the asteroid belt.

Question 5

Most types of chondrites contain _______________, small bits of glassy rock only a few millimeters across.

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Question 6

What space mission has collected data on Vesta, with its next destination to be Ceres?

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A)  New Horizons 
B)  HST 
C)  SOHO 
D)  Dawn 
E)  Deep Impact 
A)  New Horizons 
B)  HST 
C)  SOHO 
D)  Dawn 
E)  Deep Impact

Question 7

Stony meteorites called _______________ tend to be rock with a composition similar to Earth's basalts with no volatiles.

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Question 8

Orbits almost free of asteroids within the asteroid belt are called _______________.

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Question 9

Why is it easier to locate meteorites in Antarctica than anywhere else on Earth?

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A)  Antarctica is an easy location for humans to access. 
B)  More scientists are in the area to find meteorites. 
C)  When meteorites land, they melt a small crater on the ice. 
D)  Meteorites are easy to detect on top of the ice where there are no Earth rocks. 
E)  Meteorites fall most often through the ozone hole above the South Pole. 
A)  Antarctica is an easy location for humans to access. 
B)  More scientists are in the area to find meteorites. 
C)  When meteorites land, they melt a small crater on the ice. 
D)  Meteorites are easy to detect on top of the ice where there are no Earth rocks. 
E)  Meteorites fall most often through the ozone hole above the South Pole.

Question 10

In what type of meteorites are Widmanstätten patterns found?

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A)  stony 
B)  iron 
C)  stony-iron 
D)  carbonaceous 
E)  centaur 
A)  stony 
B)  iron 
C)  stony-iron 
D)  carbonaceous 
E)  centaur

What causes the meteor showers we witness on Earth?

A Trojan asteroid is caught within the Lagrange points of which planet?

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

Most types of chondrites contain _______________, small bits of glassy rock only a few millimeters across.

What space mission has collected data on Vesta, with its next destination to be Ceres?

Stony meteorites called _______________ tend to be rock with a composition similar to Earth's basalts with no volatiles.

Orbits almost free of asteroids within the asteroid belt are called _______________.

Why is it easier to locate meteorites in Antarctica than anywhere else on Earth?

In what type of meteorites are Widmanstätten patterns found?

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Exam 16: Meteorites Asteroids and Comets

What causes the meteor showers we witness on Earth?

A Trojan asteroid is caught within the Lagrange points of which planet?

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

Most types of chondrites contain _______________, small bits of glassy rock only a few millimeters across.

What space mission has collected data on Vesta, with its next destination to be Ceres?

Stony meteorites called _______________ tend to be rock with a composition similar to Earth's basalts with no volatiles.

Orbits almost free of asteroids within the asteroid belt are called _______________.

Why is it easier to locate meteorites in Antarctica than anywhere else on Earth?

In what type of meteorites are Widmanstätten patterns found?

Here and Now

A User S Guide to the Sky

Moon Phases and Eclipses

Origins of Modern Astronomy

Gravity

Light and Telescopes

Atoms and Spectra

The Sun

Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets

Earth the Active Planet

The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds

Venus and Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Uranus Neptune Pluto and the Kuiper Belt

Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds

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