Smaller Bodies in the Solar System Study Guide

Identify Letter A in the picture

• tail

• coma

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Identify Letter B in the picture

• tail

• coma

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Identify Letter C in the picture

• tail

• coma

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

There are two regions in the Solar System where comets might come from, the __________________________ belt and the _______________________________ cloud.

• Asteroid, Kuiper

• Kuiper, Oort

• Asteroid, Oort

Which of the following are dwarf planets?

• Mercury

• Deimos

• Ceres

• MakeMake

• Titon

Which of the following are dwarf planets?

• Eris

• Deimos

• Pluto

• Haumea

• Triton

A sand-to-boulder-size, rocky body that travel through space is called a/an

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

A/an _______________ is a small, irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the sun.

• meteorite

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere

• comet

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

Most ____________________ are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• dwarf planets

• asteroids

• comets

• Meteoroids

• meteorites

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3