Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids

What's the difference between comets and asteroids?

• Asteroids are made of metal, dust, and rock, while Comets are ice, dust, and rock

• Asteroids are made of ice, metal, and rock, while Comets are made of metals, dust, and rock

• There is no difference

• Asteroids are just comets that enter Earth's atmosphere

What is a "long-period" comet?

• A comet that is over 200 years old

• A comet with an orbit longer than 200 years

• A comet that you can see for a long period of time

• A comet with a tail longer that 200km

True or False: Comets orbit the sun

• True

• False

What's the difference between meteoroid and a meteor?

• Meteoroids are pieces of rock, Meteors are pieces of rock that enter Earth's Atmosphere

• Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land on Earth's surface

• There are no differences

• Meteoroids are small, Meteors are bigger

What is the composition of most Comets?

• Rock, Ice, Salt, Carbon

• Rock, Ice, Magma, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Soil

What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

• They are made out of flammable materials

• They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

• They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

• Friction from the Earths atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An object described as a ball of dust, ice, and gases, and usually has a tail is called an ______

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

What do we call the path of an object that revolves around another object in space?

• Gravitational pull

• Orbit

• Free fall

• Spinning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the invisible force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them?

• Orbit

• Gravitational Pull

• Might

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Star