Celestial Visitors

Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune

• Close to the Sun

These asteroids are dominantly composed by iron, are found in the middle of the asteroid belt.

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel

• Hydrogen Gas

• Gas

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  Ice and rock

The orbit of comets is which shape?

• Circular

• Comets do not orbit the Sun

• Elliptical/Oval

Where do most comets come from?

• In the Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud beyond Neptune's orbit

• Near the Sun

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Earth's atmosphere

A light streaking across the night sky is classified as a/an....

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

In the diagram, a comet's tail always points where?

• Towards the Sun

• Towards Earth

• Away from the Sun

• Away from Earth

Meteorites...

•  hit the ground

• burn up completely in the atmosphere

  
  

• debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

Meteors...

• burn up completely in the atmosphere producing streaks of light

• debris from asteroids/comets floating around in space

• hit the ground

They are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars

• asteroid and meteors

• stars and meteors

• comets and asteroid