Category 1
What is a comet?
a) a ball of ice that orbits the sun and has a tail of gas
b) a rocky body that orbits the sun
c) a mass of stone or metal
a) a ball of ice that orbits the sun and has a tail of gas
What is asteroid?
a) a ball of ice that orbits the sun and has a tail of gas
b) a rocky body that orbits the sun
c) a mass of stone or metal
b) a rocky body that orbits the sun
What is a meteorite?
a) a rocky body that orbits the sun
b) a mass of stone or metal
c) a ball of ice that orbits the sun and has a tail of gas
b) a mass of stone or metal
Where do comets orbit?
a) The Stars
b) The Sun
c) The Planets
b) The Sun
Which space object is larger?
a) Meteor
b) Asteroid
c) Meteorite
b) Asteroid
Where do meteoroids NOT occur?
a) Throughout the solar system
b) In the asteroid belt
c) On Earth
c) On Earth
What nickname does comet has been given?
a) dirty snowballs
b) icy balls
c) dusty snowballs
a) dirty snowballs
Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:
a) The Kupier Belt
b) The Planetary Rings
c) The Asteroid Belt
c) The Asteroid Belt
When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
a) Asteroids
b) Comets
c) Meteors
d) Meteorites
d) A meteorites
COMETS ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT A BIT FROM THE EARLY FORMING OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
True or False
True
A large rock that is orbiting the Sun
a) Meteor
b) Comet
c) Asteroid
c) Asteroid
A piece of space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
a) Meteor
b) Comet
c) Asteroid
a) Meteor
A fuzzy-looking glow that can be seen around the head of a comet is?
a) nucleus
b) coma
c) dust tail
b) coma
Where is the asteroid belt located?
a) Between Mercury and the Sun
b) Between Mars and Jupiter
c) Between Uranus and Neptune
b) Between Mars and Jupiter
What is a meteor called when it's in space?
a) A meteoroid
b) A meteorite
c) A meteor
a) A meteoroid