Meteorites Quiz

What do we call a small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun?

Shooting stars are known as …

The stony meteorite is composed of

The Hoba Meteorite, which struck down the Earth was discovered in 1920. But actually, it slammed into the Earth roughly how many years ago?

A meteoroid travels through our atmosphere, it is heated by friction

Most meteorites are one of three types: stony, stony-iron, or iron.

What is the largest known meteorite on the Earth, which originally impacted in Namibia, Africa

Which meteor is privately owned by the Barringer family?

Every day, Earth is bombarded with more than 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles.

A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and lands upon the Earth’s surface is called —-