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Alhussan Physics — Stage 8

Chapter 6: Forces, Motion and Pressure

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Chapter 8: Magnetism and Electromagnets

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Chapter 9: Energy Resources

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Chapter 10: The Earth in Space (Galaxies and Asteroids)

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10.2 Asteroids — Quiz

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1.
Where is the asteroid belt?
Between Earth and Mars
Between Mars and Jupiter
Around the Moon
Beyond Neptune
2.
Which term matches this definition? “A meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface.”
Comet
Meteorite
Meteor
Asteroid belt
3.
Why are most asteroids irregular in shape?
They are liquid
They spin fast
Their gravity is too weak to pull them into spheres
They are hot
4.
True or false? The total mass of all asteroids is less than the mass of the Moon.
True
False
5.
"Asteroid" means "____-like shape".
rock
moon
star
planet
6.
True or false? A meteor is a rock that lands on Earth.
True
False
7.
The bar chart shows the diameters of four asteroids. Which is most likely nearly spherical?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 1
Eros
Ceres (largest, strongest gravity)
Vesta
Itokawa
8.
Asteroids range from 10 m to 500 km across. How many times larger is the biggest? (1 km = 1000 m)
50,000 times
50 times
500,000 times
5000 times
9.
How did the asteroids form?
From comets
Recently from Earth
From the Moon breaking
Leftover rock when gravity pulled dust and gas together 4.6 billion years ago
10.
What may have stopped the asteroid belt forming a planet?
Mars' moons
Earth's magnetism
The Sun's light
Jupiter's gravity
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Part of Chapter 10: The Earth in Space (Galaxies and Asteroids) — see every lesson and quiz in this unit.
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