Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

Select the 3 materials a comet is composed (made) of

• Dust

• Metal

• Ice

• Small rocky particles

Asteroids are found in a region called the

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Earth's surface

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Which object in space has a long, narrow orbit around the sun. We never see this object except once every 76 years!

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteorite

A chunk of rock or dust in space that comes from an asteroid or comet.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

• Asteroids are made of rock and metal

• Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

• Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

• All the above

This was something that left behind a crater off the coast of Mexico that is 93 miles wide and 12 miles deep. It brought about the end of the dinosaurs and almost three-quarters of the plant and animal species then living on Earth.

• Halley's Comet

• Meteor Crater

• Apophis

• The Chicxulub Impactor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This small rocky body that reaches Earth's surface without burning up is called a ____.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

A small piece of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky as it burns up.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

A near-Earth object with a relatively large size (it is about 1,100 feet). It is about the size of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. It is named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos.

• Halley's Comet

• Meteor Crater

• Apophis

• The Chicxulub Impactor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3