Non Planetary Objects

What is a shooting star?

• the nucleus of a star exploding

• tiny pieces of rock, metal, and ice

• objects made of a dense comet trail

• the tail of a planet

Shooting stars range in size from a grain of sand to a...

• golf ball

• football field

• car wheel

• soccer ball

Shooting stars rocket into our atmosphere at speeds of 100,000 miles per hour.

• True

• False

What causes the particles of the star to heat up and glow brightly?

• gas

• gravity

• high speeds

• friction

Most shooting stars begin as pieces of a...

• Oort cloud

• planet

• comet

• rock

Comets can join together to be a part of a planet.

• False

• True

Comets come from two places:

• Constellations and Eta Aquarid

• Asteroid Belt and Perseid

• The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud

• Oort Cloud and Leonid

Where is the Kuiper Belt?

• beyond Neptune

• between Mars and Saturn

• in the Andromeda Galaxy

• in Earth's atmosphere

What can you find in the Oort Cloud?

• tons of gas

• billions of comets

• giant rocks

• shooting stars

Comets have a core made of mainly ice.

• True

• False