Asteroids, Comets, Meteoroids

_____ are made up of rock and metals. They are smaller than a planet, but bigger than a meteoroid.

• Comets

• Meteorites

• Asteroids

• Meteors

A ______ is a rock and metal object still in the void of space.

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• comet

A _______ is a rock and metal object in the Earth’s atmosphere.

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Comet

A ____ is a rock and metal object that has hit the Earth’s surface.

• Meteoroid

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Comet

The asteroid belt is found between the planets of _____.

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

The Kuiper Belt is found ___.

• Past Netpune

• Between Uranus and Neptune

• between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Mercury and Venus

The dwarf planet found in the asteroid belt is ___.

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Ceres

• Trojan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The dwarf planet found in the Kuiper Belt is ___.

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Ceres

• Trojan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A comet’s solid core is called the ___.

• Tail

• Coma

• Ice

• Nucleus

The cloud of gas surrounding the head of the comet is __.

• Tail

• Coma

• Ice

• Nucleus