Planets
What is the 3rd planet from the sun?
Earth.
Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:
asteroid belt
What are comets made of?
gas, ice and dust
What separates the four inner planets from the four outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
What are meteoroids made up of?
rock and metals
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Ceres is the largest asteroid, and it is spherical.
True to False
true
What happens to comets when they come into the atmosphere?
burn up
What is special about Venus?
It has a thick atmospher
Where do meteoroids come from?
Asteroids
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Mercury
Where is the main asteroid belt located?
between Mars and Jupiter
What nickname is given to comets?
Dirty snowballs
Why is Mars called the red planet?
because of the red soil
A light streaking across the night sky is classified as a/an....
meteor
What's the 6th planet from the sun
Saturn
What's the main reason that scientists study asteroids?
To better understand of the origins of the solar system
What planets do comets pass by?
all
Asteroids, along with the planets, revolve around the Sun in which direction?
counter clock-wise
What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
Meteors burn up in the earth's atmosphere; meteorites strike the earth
Which planet is tipped side ways?
Uranus
What do asteroids have in common with Earth?
They rotate around a central axis
What do comets orbit
the sun
What is the Giant Red Spot on planet Jupiter?
a storm
What do you call the obects that burn up in Earth atmosphere causing a streak of light?
Meteor