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WorksheetsSpace! - Satellites, meteoroids, and comets
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is a body that orbits a larger body called?
moon
comet
asteroid
satellite
What are the varying shapes that the moon portrays, depending on the amount of sunlight reflected off of it, called?
phases
crescents
new moons
waxing
Small, rocky bodies that are often pieces of matter detached from passing comets or collided asteroids
meteor
meteorite
meteoroid
comet
Natural satellites that many planets have are known as
Asteroids
Comets
Moons
Meteors
Which side of the moon always faces Earth?
Far-side
Near-side
Full moon
New moon
The ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune's orbit that includes thousands of comets and the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
Neptune's atmosphere
Small bodies of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that orbit the sun and can be long-period or short-period
Meteors
Meteorites
Comets
Asteroids
A dark area that appears on the moon
Shadow
Mare
Crescent
Waning
When the moon is at the furthest point away from Earth along its elliptical orbit, it is at...
apogee
perigee
When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up, emitting a trail of light behind it, they become
Meteorites
Meteors
Asteroids
Comets
When a meteoroid survives Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface, it is then a...
Meteor
Cosmic rock
Meteorite
Comet
What are the four largest moons of Jupiter called?
Hubble's Moons
Galilean Moons
Terrestrial Moons
Inner Moons
The inner, cone-shaped shadow during an eclipse
penumbra
apogee
mare
umbra
The spherical cloud of dust that exists beyond the Kuiper Belt and contains billions of comets
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
Black Hole
Galaxy
