Asteroids
Where are most asteroids located?
In the asteroid belt
What is the nickname of a comet?
Dirty snowball
What is the nickname of a meteor?
Shooting star
How are comets, asteroids, and meteors all the same?
They are all left overs from the formation of the solar system.
Who is the red planet?
Mars
What 2 planets is the Asteroid Belt in between?
Mars and Jupiter
What is a comet made of?
Rock, ice and dust materials
What is a meteoroid made of?
Rocky material and dust
How are meteors and asteroids the same?
They are both made from rocky material.
What is the thrid planet from the sun?
Earth
What is an asteroid made of?
Ricky material and dust
What are the 3 parts of a comet?
Nucleus, coma and tail
What do we call it when a meteor hits Earth or another planet?
Meteorite
What is 1 difference between a comet and an asteroid?
A comet has ice in it and an asteroid doesn’t.
What planet is made of methane and rotates on its side?
Uranus
How are asteroids shaped?
They are irregular in shape and battered by impact cratering.
How is the tail of a comet made?
Gases that are leaving the coma from the heat of the Sun
Where are meteroids located?
In space
Why are comets different than both asteroids and meteors?
Comets have a nucleus and a coma and neither a meteor nor an asteroid has those things.
Name Earth's sister planet
Venus
Asteroid belt
Name the two types of tails
Ion and dust
What causes meteors do catch on fire?
The fircition form the atmosphere when they enter
Where is the Oort Cloud located?
Far beyond the orbit of Neptune
Name all 8 planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune