Space Objects Review

Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".

• asteroids

• meteoroids

• comets

• meteors

Most of the asteroids are located between the orbits of

• Venus and Earth
• Earth and Mars
  
• Mars and Jupiter
• Jupiter and Saturn

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• meteroid
• meteor

What is a meteor called when it's in space?

• meteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

Which space object is larger?

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroid
• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which of the following describes a Comet?

• same as an asteroid

• Generally found between Mars and Jupiter

• Orbit the Sun in a circular orbit

• Composed of a nucleus, coma, and tail

Which is a terrestrial planet?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Jupiter