Celestial Bodies

The name we give the first 4 planets

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The name we give to the 4 planets furthest from the sun.

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Rocky Planets
• Inner Planets

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets

• Comet Belt
• Meteor Belt
• Asteroid Belt
• Nothing

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

What do comets orbit

• The Stars
• The Planets
• The Sun

What is a meteor called when it's in space and referred to as a shooting star?

• meteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

Piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

A celestial body that can only meet 2 out of 3 requirements for being a planet is called

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• dwarf planet

• comet

Which is NOT a criteria for being a planet?

• object must orbit a star

• object must have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape

• all other objects must move out the the planet's way

• object must have moons orbiting it