Asteroid, Meteor, and Comet

The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet is called ______________ .

• Atmosphere

• Crater

• Oort Cloud

• Friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large, bowl shaped cavity in the ground caused by a crashing meteorite is called ______________ .

• Atmosphere

• Crater

• Oort Cloud

• Friction

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another is called ______________ .

• Meteorite

• Crater

• Oort Cloud

• Friction

A meteor that survives the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground is called ______________ .

• Meteorite

• Celestial Body

• Oort Cloud

• Friction

Any natural body outside of the Earth's atmosphere is called ______________ .

• Meteorite

• Celestial Body

• Oort Cloud

• Friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A spherical shell of cometary bodies believed to surround the sun far beyond the outermost planets is called ______________ .

• Meteorite

• Celestial Body

• Oort Cloud

• Elliptical

The shape of a comet's orbit is called ______________ .

• Comet

• Celestial Body

• Oort Cloud

• Elliptical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune believed to contain comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made mostly of ice is called ______________ .

• Comet

• Celestial Body

• Kuiper Belt

• Elliptical

A celestial body made of gas, dust, and ice that moves around the sun in an oval-shaped orbit is called ______________ .

• Comet

• Extraterrestrial

• Kuiper Belt

• Elliptical

Something that is outside or originating outside the limits of the Earth's atmosphere is called ______________ .

• Comet

• Extraterrestrial

• Meteor

• Elliptical