Comets, Meteors & Asteroids Quiz

Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• enters the Earth's atmoshere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow.

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Asteroid
• Star
• Meteor
• Comet

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

These are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars

• stars and meteors

• asteroid and meteors

• comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

• They all are made of ice
• They all hit Earth's surface
• They all orbit the sun
• They have nothing in common

A meteor when it burns in the atmosphere is also known as a ____.

• rock

• shooting star

• ball of ice

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 
• Crater
• Canyon
• Plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2