Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

Which of the following solar system objects has a tail?

• meteor

• meteorite

• comet

• asteroid

Which of the small solar system objects does not orbit the sun?

• comet

• dwarf planet

• asteroid

• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following answers describes a comet?

• Has a coma and a tail made of ice and rock.

• Made of small rocks and dust

• Made of helium and hydrogen

• Made of space dust

Which one of the following describes a meteoroid?

• A space rock that hits the Earth's surface.

• A small solar system object that is made up of small pieces of asteroids or comets.

• A space rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere

• A loose collection of rock and ice

Where can most of the asteroids be found?

• In the Oort cloud

• In the area between Mars and Jupiter

• In the Kuiper Belt

• Out past Pluto

A small solar system object that enters the Earth's atmosphere and creates streaks of light is called a _________

• comet

• meteor

• meteorite

• Meteoroid

Where can most of the dwarf planets be found?

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Outside of our solar system

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Small solar system objects include dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. Which one of these objects is also known as a plutoid?

• dwarf planet

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

We have discovered 5 dwarf planets in our solar system; · Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres. Which of these dwarf planets DO NOT have moons?

• Pluto and Ceres

• Eris and Haumea

• Makemake and Ceres

• Eris and Makemake

When we see streaks of light falling in the sky, we call them falling stars but these objects are actually ________________

• meteors

• comets

• meteorites

• asterites