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Comets, Asteriods, and Meteors

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are meteors made of?

a)

Rock and Space Trash

b)

Dust and Ice

c)

Rock

d)

Ice and Copper

2.

Matter leftover from forming planets can create...

a)

Meteors

b)

Asteriods

c)

Comets

d)

Dwarf Planets

3.

What two things orbit the sun?

a)

Space Debris and Planets

b)

Asteriods and Meteors

c)

Comets and Asteriods

d)

None of the above

4.

This is a giant belt found in space that orbits between mars and jupiter

a)

pants belt

b)

comet belt

c)

meteor belt

d)

asteriod belt

5.

When these get close to the sun they grow a tail of ice and gass (shooting star)

a)

Asteriod

b)

Meteor

c)

comet

d)

star

6.

This is a sphere of plasma with a thermonuclear fusion in its core

a)

star

b)

sun

c)

space debris

d)

moon

7.

What are the planets that are closet to the sun called?

a)

gas giants

b)

terrestrial planets

c)

planets on the inside

d)

insiders

8.

when a meteor hits the earths surface it becomes...

a)

A comet

b)

A meteoriod

c)

An asteriod

d)

A meteorite

9.

What 2 planets does the asteriod belt orbit between?

a)

Jupiter and Mars

b)

Venus and Mercury

c)

Mars and Venus

d)

Pluto and Uranus

10.

What causes a comet to grow a tail?

a)

It gets to close to the Earth

b)

It gets to close to the asteriod belt

c)

It gets to close to the moon

d)

It gets to close to the Sun