Asteroids, comets, and Meteors Test

Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars
• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune
• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter
• Close to the Sun

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel
• Gas
• Hydrogen Gas
• Ice and rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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

• Meteorite
• Asteroid
• Comet
• Meteor

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

• Towards the Sun
• Away from the Sun
• Towards Earth
• Away from Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Meteorites...

•  hit the ground
• burn up completely in the atmosphere
• debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Meteors...

• burn up completely in the atmosphere producing streaks of light
• hit the ground
• debris from asteroids/comets floating around in space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars
• stars and meteors
• asteroid and meteors
• comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

One similarity between asteroids & comets is that they all:

• are made of rock

• come from the Asteroid Belt

• come from the Oort Cloud

• orbit the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

I am sometimes called a shooting star.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet belt

• Asteroid belt

• Meteor belt

• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3