Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

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

• Dust

• Heat

• Small rocky particles

• Ice

Asteroids are found in the region called the what?

• Earth's atmosphere

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

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

• They all orbit the sun

• They are all made out of metal

• They all do not orbit the sun

• They are not made out of dust

Planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids all stay in orbit around the sun due to the sun's strong force of

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which object in space is larger?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where do comets come from?

• The Sun

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

• Asteroid belt

• Earth's atmosphere

Which object in space is not made of rock and metal?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

The asteroid belt is between what 2 planets?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Earth

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Uranus

A comet forms a tail when

• It gets close to the sun and it begins to melt

• It is deeper in outer space and it begins to melt

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

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid