Asteroids, Meteors & Comets

Asteroids are found in a region called the

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Earth's surface

Where do comets form/come from?

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Earth's atmosphere

• Earth's surface

Which object in space looks like a "dirty snowball" because of its composition of ice, gas and dust?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Meteor

A _____________ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

A meteor that does not burn up in Earth's atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface forming a crater on Earth!

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

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