Asteroid, Comet, & Meteor

What is the composition of most comets?

• rock, ice, salt carbon
• rock, ice magma, frozen gases
• ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
• ice, dust, rock, soil

Describe a comets origin and orbit.

• Between Mars and Jupiter, long-elliptical orbit
• Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, circular orbit similar to a planet
• Another galaxy, long-elliptical orbit
• Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, long elliptical orbit

Describe an asteroids origin and orbit

• Between Mars and Jupiter, long elliptical orbit
• Between Mars and Jupiter, circular orbit
• Another galaxy, long elliptical orbit
• Oort cloud, long elliptical orbit

How does a meteor compare to a meteorite? 

• A meteor is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
• A meteorite is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
• Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
• They are the same thing

Which of the following describes a Comet?

• Shooting star
• Generally found between Mars and Jupiter
• Orbit the sun like a planet
• Composed of a nucleus, coma, and tail

Which of the following describes a Meteor?

• Found between Mars and Jupiter
• Orbit the sun like a planet
• Have an elliptical orbit of the sun
• Burn up as they enter the atmosphere

Which of the following describes an asteroid?

• Composed of a nucleus, tail, and coma
• Orbit the sun like a planet
• Have an elliptical orbit of the sun
• Shooting star

What is the composition of an asteroid?

• Ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
• Rock, ice, salt, carbon
• Metals and rocky material
• Rock, ice, magma, frozen gases

What do comets and asteroids have in common?

• They both have a long elliptical orbit
• They orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter
• They are both made up of rock, ice, and gas
• They are both leftovers from the materials that formed the solar system

What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?

• A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not
• An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not 
• When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid
• An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter