Comets Asteroids and Meteors

How does the orbit of a comet compare to the orbit of a planet?

• Comets have a shorter rounder orbit than a planet

• Comets have a longer more oblong like orbit than a planet

• They have the same orbit

• Comets do not have an orbit, they are all random

What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

• They are made out of flammable materials

• They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

• They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

• Friction from the Earths atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

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A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• enters the Earth's atmoshere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow.

Where is the Oort Cloud?

• Between the Sun and Mercury

• After Neptune

• Between the Earth and the Moon

• Between Earth and Mars

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

• The Kupier Belt

• The Oort Cloud

• The Planetary Rings

• The Asteroid Belt

Objects in space that are made of rock and have NO tail are called...

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteorite

What makes a meteoroid, meteor, and a meteorite different? (best answer)

• color

• size

• location

• texture

Choose the best description for a meteorite...

• -still in space

• -burns up in earth's atmosphere

• -hits earth surface

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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