Ast- Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and Black Holes

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a coma, nucleus, and two tails. My tails are not visible until I near the sun. What am I?

• Star

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

What is the name of the part of the comet that is labeled A (Inside the circle)?

• Dust Tail

• Ion Tail

• Nucleus

• Coma

What is the name of the part of the comet that is labeled B (Cloud around the solid black dot)?

• Dust Tail

• Ion Tail

• Nucleus

• Coma

What is the name of the comets tail that is usually STRAIGHT, BLUE, and consists of GASES?

• Sun tail

• Dust tail

• Ion Tail

• Oort Tail

What is the name of the comets TAIL that usually CURVES toward the comets path, is YELLOW, and consists of SOLID dust and debris?

• Sun tail

• Dust tail

• Sun tail

• Oort tail

The shape of a COMET'S orbit or path around the Sun is highly ________________.

• irregular

• circular

• elliptical

Rocky & metallic objects that orbits the Sun and are too small (could be just a little smaller than Pluto) and numerous to be considered planets are called

• Comets

• Meteors

• Black Holes

• Asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is found in the BELT between Mars and Jupiter?

• Comets

• Meteors

• Asteroids

• Stars

An ASTEROID has an almost or near _________________ orbit or path around the Sun?

• Straight

• Highly Elliptical

• Circular

• Zig-Zag

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

I am a rock that is OUT IN SPACE that has broken off of a comet or asteroid. What am I?

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Mereorite