Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

A ball of ice and rock whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse.

• Comet
• Meteor
• Planet
• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• planet
• asteroid
• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The ________ belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet
• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars
• stars and meteors
• asteroid and meteors
• comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• comet
• asteroid

rocky metallic objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet
• Star

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 shape of comet's paths are ________________.

• circular

• elliptical

• irregular

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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