Meteors and Meteorites

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What stars or planets are bigger than the Sun?

Q. What is the difference between -
1) Meteorites
2) Meteors
3) Meteorides

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What are meteoroids? Which of the two is really a member of the solar system : Meteoroid or Meteor?

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What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite ?

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What are shooting stars and how are they different from

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What is a meteor? What is the other name of a meteor?

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What are meteorites?

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Question 4 (e)

Shooting stars are actually not _________.

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Statement 1: Meteors are known as shooting stars, although they are not stars.

Statement 2: Meteors are small objects, which enter the earth's atmosphere at high speed, heat up due to friction, glow and then evaporate quickly.

1. Both the statements are true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.

2. Both the statements are true and Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.

3. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

4. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

Q. What are meteors, meteoroids, meteorites, comets and asteroids?

Q. Meteoroids burns in the earth's atmosphere and they are called as:

1. comets
2. satellites
3. meteors
4. asteroids

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Meteors are not visible during the daytime. Explain the reason.

Q. How are meteor different from a comet?

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Some meteors are large so that they can reach the Earth before they evaporate completely. The body that reaches the Earth is called

1. Comet

2. Asteroid

3. Shooting star

4. Meteorite

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What is a meteoroid called if it lands on the Earth's surface?

1. Comet
2. Asteroid

3. Meteorite

4. Meteor

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Which celestial body is seen as a bright streak of light coming down the night sky?

Q. Swarms of meteors are called as:

1. Comets
2. Meteor shower
3. Asteroids
4. Asteroid belt

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Question 4 (e)

Shooting stars are actually not _________.

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When earth crosses the tail of a comet, swarms of meteors are seen. This phenomenon is known as _____.

1. Meteorite showers

2. Meteor showers

3. Asteroid showers

4. All of the above

Q. Why does tails of a comet forms and becomes larger as it goes closer to the sun??

Q. A celestial object that reaches the Earth's surface is called .

1. meteorite
2. meteor
3. asteroid
4. comet

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Name some weak sources of light in the sky.

Q. Shooting stars that we normally see in the night sky are the .

1. asteroids
2. comets
3. meteors
4. meteroids

Q. Chunks of matter originated from asteroid belt is called:

1. meteorites
2. satellite
3. meteoroids
4. asteroids

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Where was the largest crater made by a meteorite?

Q. Meteors are not visible during the daytime. Which of the following is the correct reason for this? (Enter the numeric value)

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What is a meteoroid called if it lands on the Earth's surface?

1. Meteorite

2. Meteor

3. Comet
4. Asteroid

Q. Assertion :Comets have gaseous tails. Reason: Comets are very far away from the sun

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Q. Which member of solar system also known as minor planets?

1. Comet
2. Asteroids
3. Meteors
4. Stars

Q. Leonid showers are:

1. asteroids
2. meteors
3. meteoroids
4. satellites