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WorksheetsQ4 SCI8 SPACE ROCKS
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
They are much smaller than planets but are larger than
meteoroids.
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
It is a region in our solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in which asteroids are heavily concentrated.
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
These are asteroids that share an orbit with a large planet or moon.
Jupiter asteroids
Trojan Asteroids
Meteorites
They are colloquially known as “dirty snowballs” in space.
Meteorites
Asteroids
Comets
It is the most famous comet that appears only once every 75 to 76 years.
The Great comet of 1823
Biela's Comet
Halley's Comet
It is a cloud around the nucleus of a comet that is made by the particles and gases as the ice starts to melt off.
Coma
Tail
Nucleus
Meteoroids are fragments of _______________.
Rocky materials
Pure metals
Different compounds
It is a meteoroid that manages to reach the surface of the Earth as a solid object.
Meteor
Meteoroid
Meteorite
Meteors that glow brighter than planets are called____________.
Fireballs
Snowballs
Meteorballs
The glowing tail of a meteoroid is called ___________.
Meteorite
Meteor
Fireball
