Asteroids, Meteors and Comets

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

Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun
• toward the Earth
• away from the Sun
• away from the Earth

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

The shape of comet's paths are ________________.

• circular

• elliptical

• irregular

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun
• toward the Earth
• away from the Sun
• away from the Earth

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

The shape of comet's paths are ________________.

• circular

• elliptical

• irregular

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

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