Comets, Asteroids and Meteors

A small space rock that makes it into Earth’s surface without burning up is called a ...

• Meteor
• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Meteorite

Which space object is larger?

• Asteroid
• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

If an asteroid was headed straight toward Earth, should we be worried?

• YES! 
• nope!

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If a meteoroid was headed straight toward Earth, should we be worried?

• YES!
• nope!

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a comet's nucleus made out of?

• Ice
• Rock
• Dust
• All of the above

The tails of a comet are called... 

• Gas tail and dust tail
• Hydrogen tail and gas tail
• Dust tail hydrogen tail
• Coma and gas tail

Asteroids and Comets orbit around...

• Their axis
• The Earth
• The Sun
• Each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteorite

What is the very core of a comet called?

• Coma
• Comet
• Nucleus
• Hydrogen Cloud

An asteroid is...

• A dirty/icy snowball
• Circumstellar disc in the Solar System
• Rocky objects that are too small/numerous
• A light phenomena