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What are the three major types of meteorites? |
stone, plastic, iron
stony-iron, iron-stony,wood
iron,stone,stony-iron
iron,stone,meteorite
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2 |
What is the object called when we see the streak of light in the sky? |
meteor
meteorite
meteoroid
jupiter
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3 |
What is the oject called before it enters our atmosphere? |
meteorite
jupiter
meteor
meteoroid
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4 |
What is the object called after it hits the ground (providing it survives)? |
jupiter
meteoroid
meteorite
meteor
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5 |
Most meteorites come from? |
the sun
the moon
the asteroid belt
mars
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6 |
What is the faint,diffuse patch of light close to the ecliptic,opposite the sun called? |
gegenschein
flare
aurora
rainbow
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7 |
What causes the ring around the moon? |
dust fragments in earth's atmosphere
ice particles in earth's atmosphere
apollo capsule orbiting the moon
none of these answers
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8 |
What is usually seen near the poles in the night sky that can be red,yellow or green? |
zodiacal light
aurora
gegenschein
plage
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9 |
What is a diffuse cone of faint light rising obliquely into the sky at either morning or evening twilight? |
aurora australia
gegenschein
zodiacal light
aurora borealis
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10 |
They usually happen after a rainstorm |
lunar eclipse
meteor shower
rainbows
solar flare
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