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Comets

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's the difference between comets and asteroids?

a)

Asteroids are made of metal and rock, while Comets are ice and rock

b)

Asteroids are made of ice and rock, while Comets are made of metals and rock

c)

There is no difference

d)

Asteroids are made of stardust, while Comets are made up of water

2.

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

a)

Meteoroids are sand size, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors that has landed

b)

Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

c)

There are no differences

d)

Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

3.
Made of ice, dust and gas
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
4.
Appears as a streak in the sky.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
5.
Often called shooting stars.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
6.
Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".
a)
asteoids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
7.
Ceres is the largest one of these. 
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
8.
Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteorite
9.
Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface
a)
comet
b)
asteroid
c)
meteor
d)
meteorite
10.

Which of the following solar system objects has a tail?

a)

meteor

b)

meteorite

c)

comet

d)

asteroid