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Summative Test Meteor

The document is a science test covering topics about asteroids, comets, and meteors. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge about the different celestial objects, including their origins, structures, and orbits. It also includes exercises to label parts of a comet and draw a comet's tail.

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Summative Test Meteor

The document is a science test covering topics about asteroids, comets, and meteors. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge about the different celestial objects, including their origins, structures, and orbits. It also includes exercises to label parts of a comet and draw a comet's tail.

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SUMMATIVE TEST IN GRADE 8 SCIENCE

EARTH SCIENCE: ASTEROIDS, COMETS & METEORS

NAME: _________________________________________ SCORE:________________


GRADE & SECTION: ___________________________

Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:

Directions: Read each statement carefully and write the letter of the best answer
_____1. What do you call a comet that came from the Kuiper Belt?
A. Short Term Period C. Medium Term Period
B. Long Term Period D. Far Term Period.
.
_____2. Halley is comet that ca be seen every 76 years and came from Kuiper belt. It is an
example of a _____________ comet.
A. Short Term Period C. Medium Term Period
B. Long Term Period D. Far Term Period.

_____3. Why do meteor seems to be in fire while it travels in the Earth atmosphere?
A. Because of the gravity.
B. Because of the heat from the sun
C. Because of the friction and resistance of air and the meteor.
D. There is no scientific evidence for it.
_____4. How do comets differ from asteroids?
A. Comets are icy bodies while asteroids are rocky fragments.
B. Comets have regular shapes and varied sizes compare with asteroids.
C. Comets usually come from the asteroid belt which is beyond our solar system.
D. Orbit of the comet is more rounded and less elliptical than the orbit of the
asteroid.
_____5. What is the most famous short-period comet of the 20th century?
A. Comet Ikeya-Seki C. Hale-Bopp comet
B. Comet Kohoutek D. Halley’s comet
_____6. What do you call the shining “head” around a comet?
A. coma B. crown C. halo D. ring
_____7. What distinguishes a long-period comet from a short-period comet?
A. The color of their nuclei
B. The length of their tails
C. Their distance from the Sun
D. The time they take to orbit the Sun
_____8. Most of the asteroid in the solar system can be found _______________.
A. close to the Sun B. out beyond Neptune
C. in between Mars and Jupiter D. orbiting around Saturn as it rings
_____9. What is actually a “shooting star”?
A. Comets streaking by Earth C. Asteroids passing close to Earth
B. Stars revolving around the Sun D. Meteoroids burning up in Earth’s
atmosphere
_____10. What is the major difference among comet, meteor, and asteroid in terms of
structure?
A. Meteor contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
B. Comet contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
C. Asteroid and comet contain icy shell while meteor does not have.
D. Asteroid contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
Part II. TRUE OR FALSE
Direction: Read Each Item carefully. Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if it is
false and change the underline word to make the statement correct. 2 points each

_______________________1. Comets are known as shooting stars.


________________________2. Long term period comets came from the Oort Cloud.
________________________3. Asteroid as made up of ice, rocks, and dusts.
________________________4. Meteorites are the remains of meteor that hits the earth’s
ground.
________________________5. Asteroids are rocks that oribits in the asteroid belt
between mars and Jupiter.
________________________6. Comets is also known as Dirty Snow Ball.
________________________7. Meteors are smaller particles from comets and asteroids.
________________________8. The tail of comets get longer as it moves away from the
sun.
________________________9. Meteoroids can be found in earth’s atmosphere.
_______________________10. Comets have three parts, the nucleus, the coma and the
tail.
Part III. Matching Type
Match Column A with that of Colum B

Part IV. Skills ( 5 points each)

Label the parts of the Comet Draw the tail of the Comet

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