Minor Bodies Monday

What is the last inner planet?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Pluto is smaller than Earth's Moon

• True

• False

What are comets made of?

• Water and ash

• Dust, ice, and rock

What is the major difference between a comet and an asteroid?

• Comets are near the Sun and asteroids are near Jupiter

• Comets formed in the outer reaches of the Solar System, asteroids formed closer to the Sun

Which kind meteoroid enters the atmosphere and reaches the Earth’s surface?

• Meteorite

• Meteor

When comets get close to the sun the solid ice turns directly into...

• Liquid

• Gas

• Solid

What blows the gas away from the comet?

• The forward motion of the comet

• Solar Wind

• The atmosphere

Most asteroids are found in the asteroid belt, found between which two planets?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Earth

Meteors are just meteoroids that enter our atmosphere. Better known as...

• Shooting stars

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Polaris

Meteoroids burn up and turn into meteors because of the friction as they pass through...

• The Moon's gravitational field

• Earth's atmosphere

• The asteroid belt

• They get too close to the Sun