Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

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

• Pothole 

• Crater

• Canyon

• Plateau

Where do Long-period comets come from?

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• Past Pluto

A chunk of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Where is the Oort Cloud?

• Between the Sun and Mercury

• After Neptune

• Between the Earth and the Moon

• Between Earth and Mars

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

Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

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

Where do most comets come from?

• In the Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud beyond Neptune's orbit

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Near the Sun

• Earth's atmosphere

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun

• toward the Earth

• away from the Sun

• away from the Earth

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet