Space Rocks

Which of the following best describes a comet?

• It is made of ice, rock, and dust.

• It is located between Mars and Jupiter

• It has a short elliptical orbit

• Comets are leftover fragments from the time when planets formed in the solar system.

Where is the Asteroid Belt located?

• Between Earth and Mars

• In the Kuiper belt

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Beyond the Oort cloud

Which of the following best describes an asteroid?

• It is made of ice and dust

• It is also known as a "shooting star"

• It has a nucleus, coma, and tail

• It is a LARGE chunk of rock and metal

A _____ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at very fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star".

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Comet

They are sometimes called shooting stars

• interplanetary dust
• asteroids
• comets
• meteors

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Asteroid
• Star
• Meteor
• Comet

• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteor

• Comet
• Asteroid
• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Reorder the terrestrial planets from closest to the Sun to farthest away.

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury