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Pre-Lab Quiz: Crater Quiz
Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
- What are the majority of asteroids made of?
- Carbon
- Silica
- Iron
- Ice and dust
- Very small rocks
- Which of the following statements is FALSE?
- Most of the asteroids in the Solar System are found between Jupiter and Neptune's orbits.
- Some asteroids cross Earth's orbit.
- An asteroid's right ascension and declination are constantly changing.
- Asteroids shine by reflected sunlight.
- Why are there fewer impact craters on Earth than on other bodies like the Moon or Mercury?
- Earth's atmosphere causes most objects to burn up
- Most objects that reach the surface land in the ocean
- Craters on Earth are destroyed and hidden by geological processes
- NASA launches missions to destroy impactors before they reach the surface
- Which two properties of an impacting object have the greatest effect on the amount of energy released by the impact?
- Mass and impact velocity
- Diameter and density
- Impact angle and density
- Mass and diameter