Comets, Asteroids & Meteors

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Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System? Options: Between Earth and Mars, In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune, In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, Close to the Sun

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In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

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What are comets made of? Options: Metals like iron and nickel, Gas, Hydrogen Gas, Ice and rock

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Ice and rock

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The orbit of comets is which shape?

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Elliptical/Oval

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Where do most comets come from?

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In the Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud beyond Neptune's orbit

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A light streaking across the night sky is classified as a/an....

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Meteor

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Most meteors entering Earth's atmosphere are how big?

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A grain of sand or small pebble

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In the diagram, a comet's tail always points where?

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Away from the Sun

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Meteorites...

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hit the ground

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Meteors...

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burn up completely in the atmosphere producing streaks of light

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We are composed mainly of rock and metal. Options: comets and stars, stars and meteors, asteroid and meteors, comets and asteroid

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asteroid and meteors