Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Quiz

The asteroid belt is located in between ____ and Jupiter.

Which of the following best describes a comet?

• It is made of ice, rock, and dust.

• It is located between Mars and Jupiter

• It has a short elliptical orbit

• Comets are leftover fragments from the time when planets formed in the solar system.

Where is the Asteroid Belt located?

• Between Earth and Mars

• In the Kuiper belt

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Beyond the Oort cloud

A _____ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at very fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star".

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Comet

What is it called when a space rock survives its fiery passage through the Earth's atmosphere and strikes the Earth's surface?

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Comet

What force keeps planets, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids in orbit around the Sun?

• Electricity

• Solar power

• Inertia

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

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

These are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars

• stars and meteors

• asteroid and meteors

• comets and asteroid

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

• rock

• shooting star

• ball of ice