Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

Which object in space is NOT made of rock and metal/iron?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A comet forms a tail when

• It is deep in outer space and begins to melt

• It gets close to the sun and begins to melt

What do asteroids, comets and meteors all have in common?

• They are all made of rock/iron

• They are all made of ice and dust

• They all orbit the sun

• They are all found in the asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object in space looks like a "dirty snowball" because of its composition of ice, gas and dust?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Meteor

A _____________ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What are comets made of?

• Metals like iron and nickel
• Gas
• Hydrogen Gas
• Ice and rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

In the diagram, A and C refer to which part of a comet?

• Nucleus
• Tail
• Coma