Characteristics of Objects in the Solar System

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

• are made of rock
• come from the Asteroid Belt
• come from the Oort Cloud
• orbit the sun

Planets that have no solid surface and are made of gases such as hydrogen and helium are called:

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids
• Meteroids

The outer four plants, which are larger and have rings are called:

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets

We often see these objects appear as "shooting stars" or streak of light in the sky. They are "smaller" pieces of rock that are burning in our atmosphere.

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteroids

• Comets

Asteroids "hang out" in the Asteroid Belt between the planets of:

• Earth and Mars
• Mercury and Venus
• Saturn and Neptune
• Mars and Jupiter

The first four planets that are closest to the sun are categorized as:

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets 

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 
• Crater
• Canyon
• Plateau