Question 1

Why is it easier to find an iron meteorite on the ground that it is to witness one fall?

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Question 2

Explain the phenomenon of Kirkwood gaps. Where can they occur?

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Question 3

Gas and dust released by a comet's icy nucleus produce a(n) _______________ and are then blown outward, away from the Sun.

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Question 4

The period of Comet Halley is ____ years.

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Question 5

Why is it important to look closely at the bands of the interior of a meteorite?

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Question 6

What do you think would happen to life on Earth if Earth was hit by a large (1 km or bigger) asteroid or comet?

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Question 7

_______________ objects are asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System.

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Question 8

Differentiate the S-, C- and M-type asteroids.

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Question 9

Eugene Shoemaker proved that the Barringer Crater is the result of an impact because he found _______________ in and around the crater that had been subjected to pressures higher than those produced by a volcano.

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Question 10

Which characteristics of asteroids are used to classify them?

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Quiz 16: Meteorites Asteroids and Comets