ES 23-4

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

• Asteroids are made of rock and metal

• Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

• Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

• All the above

Where are most of the asteroids in the solar system located?

• Asteroid Belt

• Orion's Belt

• Gemini Area

What compromises the structure of a comet?

• Nucleus, Coma, Dust tail, Ice

• Nucleus, Dust tail & gases

• Nucleus, Coma, dust tail & gas tail (ion tail)

As comets approach the sun they travel faster and have:

• shorter tails

• medium tails

• longer tails

• no tails due to solar winds

After orbiting the sun frequently Comets break into:

• meteors

• meteoroids

• meteorites

As a meteor enters the earths atmosphere the pressure from the air molecules causes it to heat up

• TRUE

• FALSE

A meteoroid is found

• in Space

• entering earths atmosphere

• impacting earths surface

What creates a bowl shaped hole known as a crater

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

A high frequency of meteors entering Earth's atmosphere is called a

• meteor shower

• Constellation

Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars
• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune
• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter
• Close to the Sun