Comets, Asteroids, Meteors

What happens when the comets go near the sun?

• Its ice begins to melt and releases gas and dust, forming a coma and tail.

• It gets smaller.

• It gets faster.

• It explodes into a black hole.

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What is the main difference between asteroids and meteoroids?

• Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris

• Asteroids are only found in the “belt” between Mars and Jupiter

• Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids

• Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids

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What is found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

• Asteroid belt

• Comets

• Meteors

• Planets

What part of the comet forms around a comet's nucleus? This cloud is made by solar wind striking the surface of the nucleus, causing a mixture of gas and dust to form around it.

• Coma

• Fire

• Light

• Ring

Which best describes the tail of a comet?

• The tail points away from the Sun as the comet approaches it, and toward the Sun as the comet moves out of the inner Solar System.

• Comet tails always point toward the Sun.

• Tails are gas and dust pulled off the comet by the Sun’s gravity

• Comet tails always point away from the Sun.

Which of these objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, “dirty snowballs”?

• asteroids

• comets

• meteors

• meteoroids

What are meteors made of?

• chunks of rocks and minerals

• dust and ice

• gas and dust

• ice

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Which space object is larger?

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

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When does a meteor shower occur?

• when the tail of a comet enters the Earth atmosphere

• when a meteoroid enters the Earth atmosphere

• when there are fireworks in the sky

• when an asteroid falls on the earth

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