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WorksheetsAsteroid, Comet, & Meteor
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 29mins
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1.
What is the composition of most comets?
a)
rock, ice, salt carbon
b)
rock, ice magma, frozen gases
c)
ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
d)
ice, dust, rock, soil
2.
Describe a comets origin and orbit.
a)
Between Mars and Jupiter, long-elliptical orbit
b)
Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, circular orbit similar to a planet
c)
Another galaxy, long-elliptical orbit
d)
Oort cloud or Kuiper belt, long elliptical orbit
3.
Describe an asteroids origin and orbit
a)
Between Mars and Jupiter, long elliptical orbit
b)
Between Mars and Jupiter, circular orbit
c)
Another galaxy, long elliptical orbit
d)
Oort cloud, long elliptical orbit
4.
How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?
a)
A meteor is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
b)
A meteorite is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
c)
Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
d)
They are the same thing
5.
Which of the following describes a Comet?
a)
Shooting star
b)
Generally found between Mars and Jupiter
c)
Orbit the sun like a planet
d)
Composed of a nucleus, coma, and tail
6.
Which of the following describes a Meteor?
a)
Found between Mars and Jupiter
b)
Orbit the sun like a planet
c)
Have an elliptical orbit of the sun
d)
Burn up as they enter the atmosphere
7.
Which of the following describes an asteroid?
a)
Composed of a nucleus, tail, and coma
b)
Orbit the sun like a planet
c)
Have an elliptical orbit of the sun
d)
Shooting star
8.
What is the composition of an asteroid?
a)
Ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
b)
Rock, ice, salt, carbon
c)
Metals and rocky material
d)
Rock, ice, magma, frozen gases
9.
What do comets and asteroids have in common?
a)
They both have a long elliptical orbit
b)
They orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter
c)
They are both made up of rock, ice, and gas
d)
They are both leftovers from the materials that formed the solar system
10.
What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?
a)
A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not
b)
An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not
c)
When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid
d)
An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter
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