Comet

As comets approach the sun they travel faster and have:

• shorter tails

• medium tails

• longer tails

• no tails due to solar winds

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel

• Gas

• Hydrogen Gas

• Ice and rock

The cloud of gas and dust around the solid icy ball of a comet is the...

• Nucleus

• Coma

• Tail

What's the difference between comets and asteroids?

• Asteroids are made of metal and rock, while Comets are ice and rock

• Asteroids are made of ice and rock, while Comets are made of metals and rock

• There is no difference

• Asteroids are made of stardust, while Comets are made up of water

Where do Long-period comets come from?

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• Past Pluto

What is the definition of a Comet?

• A small rocky body, orbits the Sun between Mars & Jupiter

• An object with a nucleus of ice and dust that has a tail

• A small rocky object that enter Earth’s atmosphere

• An object that touches down on Earths surface

What is the name of the famous comet that flies by Earth every 75 years?

• Heathers Comet

• Halie’s comet

• Hailey’s Comet

• Halleys Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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 is the composition of most Comets?

• Rock, Ice, Salt, Carbon

• Rock, Ice, Magma, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Soil

What are the major parts of a comet?

• Body and neck

• Body and tail

• Head and tail

• Nucleus,neck and tail