Meteor strike injures hundreds in Russia

Q: A meteor crashing near Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural mountains last Friday injured more than 1,000 people as the shock wave blew out windows and rocked buildings. Where is Russia on this map?

Circle the area on this map


Q: It is estimated the explosion that occurred when the small asteroid hit the atmosphere released the equivalent energy of 300,000 tons of TNT at an altitude of 12 to 15 miles above the surface. It was the largest blast of its kind since a 1908 explosion at Tunguska . . .

A. Australia

B. Peru

C. Siberia

D. Alaska

Q: NASA scientists said the Russian event had nothing to do with a much larger asteroid that passed very close to the Earth a few hours later. That one came closest to our planet near Indonesia which is several thousand miles . . .

A. Northeast of Chelyabinsk

B. Southeast of Chelyabinsk

C. Northwest of Chelyabinsk

D. Southwest of Chelyabinsk

Q: Asteroids and comets have struck the Earth countless times in the past and will strike us in the future. The impact linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs occurred about 65 million years on the Yucatan Peninsula in . . .

A. Russia

B. Canada

C. Mexico

D. South Africa

Q: What is often found at the Earth's impact sites?

A. Diamonds

B. Oil

C. Gold

D. All of the above


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