LESSON 5.

4 QUIZ

NINA VENS'S RESULTS

Correct Multiple Choice: 5 / 5

Total Questions: 5
Total Completed: 5

RESULTS

Question 1
What was the Tunguska Event?

A legendary rock concert held in Siberia in 1908.

An event in 1908 when an asteroid or comet (or some other space object) exploded over Siberia
leveling 2,000 square kilometers of forest. Correct answer

The discovery of the element tungsten.

The explosion of a massive volcano in Tunguska, Siberia, in 1908.

Question 2
How did scientists discover the biggest asteroid ever found on Earth?

Scientists found large asteroid remnants scattered across a 500 square mile area.

Researchers made this discovery when they were drilling for a geothermal project and came across
a layer of shocked quartz. Correct answer

Scientists dug down into the massive Chicxulub crater.

Researchers found a whole, intact asteroid at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Question 3
In 2008, NASAs Stardust mission failed to find amino acids on a comet.

True

False Correct answer

Question 4
The difference between a meteor, a meteoroid, and a meteorite is that the original object is called a
meteoroid, the explosion in the atmosphere itself is the meteor, and the material that reaches the
ground is a meteorite.

True Correct answer

False

Question 5
Why dont we usually feel the effects of most impacts, given that its possible that they happen every few
decades?

Most impacts are microscopic and too small to be felt or measured.

Most space objects land within the Arctic Circle.

Most impacts occur over the ocean or in remote areas with small populations. Correct answer

Most space objects burn up before striking the Earth.