Asteroids
What are asteroids made of?
Rock and metal
What do people call a meteor that they see burning up in the Earth's atmosphere?
A shooting star
What are comets made of?
Ice and Dust
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What are comets mostly made of?
Ice and silicate and organic dust particles
Where are asteroids located?
The main asteroid belt
What is a meteor shower?
A number of meteors falling in the sky
Why do comets have a tail?
The ice and dust begin to vaporize as the comet orbit approaches the sun
What is the furthest planet from the sun?
Neptune
What planet has 70% of it's surface covered in water?
Earth
Are asteroids larger or smaller than planets?
Smaller
What's a Meteor?
A meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere
How many tails does a comet have?
2, a dust tail and an ion tail
What is the 5th planet from the sun
Jupiter
Which planet is the closest in size to Earth?
Venus
Where is the asteroid belt?
In between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
What's a Meteorite?
A meteor that survives it's trip to the Earth's surface.
How are comets formed?
frozen leftovers from the formation of our solar system.
Which planets rotate in the opposite direction compared to the other planets?
Venus and Uranus
What is the correct order of the planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
True or False: All asteroids are round?
False
What's a Meteoroid?
A small piece of rock and debris in space before it enters Earth's atmosphere
What's the coma?
A fuzzy cloud of gas and dust around the nucleus of the comet.
What is the "eye" of Jupiter?
A collection of long lasting storms
Where do comets come from?
Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud