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Meteor Shower Quiz
Example Quiz 1
1. Meteor showers result from dust trails left by,
The Moon
Asteroids
Comets
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
3. What is the best time to observe a meteor shower?
6 pm – 9 pm
9 pm – 12 midnight
12 midnight – 3 am
4. The Peiseids meteor shower occurs during,
Mid-Janurary
Mid-June
Mid-August
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
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
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
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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