Comets

What's the difference between comets and asteroids?

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

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

• There is no difference

• Asteroids are made of stardust, while Comets are made up of water

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

• Meteoroids are sand size, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors that has landed

• Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

• There are no differences

• Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

Made of ice, dust and gas

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Appears as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Often called shooting stars.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".

• asteoids
• meteoroids
• comets
• meteors

Ceres is the largest one of these. 

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteorite

Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following solar system objects has a tail?

• meteor

• meteorite

• comet

• asteroid