Asteroids, Comets and Meteor Quiz

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball."

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet

Ceres is...

• the largest asteroid in the Kuiper Belt.

• the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.

• an asteroid in the Oort cloud.

• a comet in the Oort cloud.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun.

• toward the Earth.

• away from the Sun.

• away from the Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• a meteorite has a tail of ice and gas.

• a meteorite is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars.

• a meteorite enters the Earth's atmoshere.

• a meteorite is made of rock and snow.

I am sometimes called a shooting star.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet belt

• Asteroid belt

• Meteor belt

• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

We appear as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid and comet

• comet and meteor

• asteroid and meteor

I usually burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

The orbit of comets is which shape?

• Circular
• Elliptical/Oval
• Comets do not orbit the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

In the diagram, A and C refer to which part of a comet?

• Nucleus
• Tail
• Coma