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Comets
Asteroids
Meteors
Planets
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Comets are made up of this...
What is dust and ice.
100
Asteroids are made up of...
What is pieces of rock.
100
Meteors are often mistaken for
What is falling stars
100
This planet is often referred to as the 'Red Planet'
What is Mars
100
The force that keeps each planet in its path around the sun.
What is gravity?
200
A comets tail made up of..
What is dust.
200
The name 'Asteroid' means
What is 'like stars'
200
When hundreds or thousands of meteors happen on the same night, this is called.
What is a meteor shower.
200
This planet is closest to the sun
What is Mercury.
200
An unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to Earth.
What is a space probe.
300
A comets tail can only be behind the comet. (True or False)
False! A comets tail can both lead and follow the comet.
300
Metallic asteroids contain metals such as...
What is iron.
300
What is it called when a meteor from space lands on earth.
What is a meteorite
300
The four outer planets share one common name.
What is Gas Giants.
300
All the gases around a planet.
What is an atmosphere.
400
Another name that scientist call comets.
What is a planetesimal
400
Asteroids are often refereed to as...
What is minor planets
400
This is the number of meteor showers that occur every year.
What is around 30?
400
This was once a planet but no longer due to its size.
What is Pluto, the dwarf planet.
400
A tool used by astronomers to look at objects in space.
What is a telescope.
500
Comets come from these two places..
What is the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.
500
Pieces of rock and debris that fall from Asteroids are called
What is meteoroids.
500
The colors of meteor tails can be.
What is red, yellow or green
500
This planet has visible rings from Earth's telescopes.
What is Saturn
500
A bowl shaped hole formed when a space object hits a planet.
What is a crater?