Comets, Asteroids and Meteors; Oh My

Which object in space is NOT made of rock and metal/iron?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Select all ingredients a comet is composed (made) of

• Dust

• Iron

• Ice

• Small rocky particles

Asteroids are found in a region called the

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Earth's surface

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object in space has a long, narrow orbit around the sun. We never see this object except once every 75 years!

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A comet forms a tail when

• It is deep in outer space and begins to melt

• It gets close to the sun and begins to melt

Why does a comet's tail always point AWAY from the sun?

• Because the sun gives off a strong solar wind blowing the tail away

• The comets tail is being pulled by a gravitational force

• A comets tail always points towards the sun

What do asteroids, comets and meteors all have in common?

• They are all made of rock/iron

• They are all made of ice and dust

• They all orbit the sun

• They are all found in the asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where do comets from/where are they found?

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Earth's atmosphere

• Earth's surface