Meteor Shower Quiz

Example Quiz 1
  • 1. Meteor showers result from dust trails left by,
    The Moon
    Asteroids
    Comets

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  • 2. During a meteor shower, meteors appear move outward from a point in the sky. What is this called?
    The Zenith
    The Radiant
     The Origin

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  • 3. What is the best time to observe a meteor shower?
    6 pm – 9 pm
    9 pm – 12 midnight
    12 midnight – 3 am

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  • 4. The Peiseids meteor shower occurs during,
    Mid-Janurary
    Mid-June
    Mid-August

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  • 5. What is the meteor shower seen in November that produces a 'meteor storm' every 33 years?
    Perseids meteor shower
    Leonids meteor shower
     Orionds meteor shower

 

  • 6. Which of one these meteor showers can be observed in December?
    Lyrids meteor shower
    Orionids meteor shower
    Geminids meteor shower

 

  • 7. What is the name given to meteors that reaches the earth?
    Meteorite
     Meteoroid
    Asteroid

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  • 8. What is a 'fireball'?
    A meteor brighter than any planet or star
     A meteor that explodes in the atmosphere
    A meteor that reaches the earth

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  • 9. Which of these is the CORRECT statements about meteors?
    Meteor showers do not occur on other planets
    Tektite is a type of meteoriod
    A 'bolide' is a very bright meteor

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  • 10. The 'zenith hourly rate' (ZHR) is the number of meteors observed during an hour,
    Crossing the zenith
    When the shower is at the zenith
     When the observer is looking at the zenith


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