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METEORIT AND COMET FORM 2

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meteoroids?

a)

Solid particles that are not moving

b)

Large pierces of rocks in the solar system

c)

solid particles that are build from ice

d)

Debris of rocks and iron floating in space

2.

Which of the following is known as the small planet?

a)

Meteor

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

d)

Meteoroid

3.

What do we call a meteor that has reached the Earth?

a)

Comet

b)

Meteorite

c)

Meteoroid

d)

Asteroid

4.

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

5.

What is the definition of an Asteroid?

a)

A small rocky body orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter

b)

A celestial body with a nucleus of ice and dust, has a tail

c)

A small body or object that enters Earth’s atmosphere

d)

A small rocky body that reaches Earth’s surface

6.

What is the name of the famous comet that flies by Earth every 75 years?

a)

Heathers Comet

b)

Halie’s comet

c)

Hailey’s Comet

d)

Halleys Comet

7.

How does the orbit of a comet compare to the orbit of a planet?

a)

Comets have a shorter rounder orbit than a planet

b)

Comets have a longer more oblong like orbit than a planet

c)

They have the same orbit

d)

Comets do not have an orbit, they are all random

8.
where are asteroids found?
a)
between earth and venus
b)
between Jupiter and Saturn
c)
between Saturn and Uranus
d)
between Mars and Jupiter
9.
What are meteors sometimes called?
a)
shooting stars
b)
moons
c)
satellites
d)
falling asteroids
10.
The hottest planet
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Mercury
11.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
12.
This planet is known as the red planet
a)
Neptune
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Uranus
13.
Which planet has the biggest rings?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
14.
how long does it take the earth to move around the sun?
a)
365 1/4 days
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
15.
What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
Magnetism
c)
Electricity
d)
Friction
16.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
17.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteroids
d)
Meteors
18.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun
19.
Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons called:
a)
Comets
b)
Meteors
c)
Asteroids
d)
Meteroids
20.
These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
a)
Comets
b)
Asteroids
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteroids
21.
When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteorites 
22.
What are meteors made of?
a)
chunks of rocks and minerals
b)
Ice
c)
Air
d)
Gas and debris 
23.
The tails of a comet are called... 
a)
ion tail and dust tail
b)
Hydrogen tail and gas tail
c)
Dust tail hydrogen tail
d)
Coma and gas tail
24.
Where are asteroids found?
a)
Between Earth and Venus
b)
Between Jupiter and Saturn
c)
Between Saturn and Uranus
d)
Between Mars and Jupiter
25.
A shooting star is actually a...
a)
Comet
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
26.
What is the very core of a comet called?
a)
Coma
b)
Comet
c)
Nucleus
d)
Hydrogen Cloud
27.
Found in the Oort Cloud
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
28.
Made of ice, dust and gas
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
29.
Appears as a streak in the sky.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
30.
Made of very dense rock and metal that is very different from the rocks that make up the inner planets.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
31.
Often called shooting stars.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
32.
Made of rocks that are very similar to the rocks that make up the inner planets. 
a)
asteroids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
33.
Sometimes called "dirty snowballs".
a)
asteoids
b)
meteoroids
c)
comets
d)
meteors
34.
Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteorite
35.

what makes a meteoroid, meteor, and a meteorite different? (best answer)

a)

color

b)

size

c)

location

d)

texture

36.

which planet is the asteroid belt close to?

a)

neptune

b)

jupiter

c)

earth

37.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun
38.
The tails of a comet are called... 
a)
ion tail and dust tail
b)
Hydrogen tail and gas tail
c)
Dust tail hydrogen tail
d)
Coma and gas tail
39.

Which of the following is a space rock that has landed on Earth's surface, or IN THE EARTH, to make a crater like the one in the picture?

a)

A asteroid

b)

A meteorite

c)

A meteor

d)

A meteoroid

40.

The tail of a comet usually faces

a)

toward the sun.

b)

toward the Earth.

c)

away from the Sun.

d)

away from the Earth.

41.

Ceres is...

a)

the largest asteroid in the Kuiper Belt.

b)

the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.

c)

an asteroid in the Oort cloud.

d)

a comet in the Oort cloud.

42.
The orbit of comets is which shape?
a)
Circular
b)
Elliptical/Oval
c)
Comets do not orbit the Sun
43.
In the diagram, A and C refer to which part of a comet?
a)
Nucleus
b)
Tail
c)
Coma
44.

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

45.

How does the orbit of a comet compare to the orbit of a planet?

a)

Comets have a shorter rounder orbit than a planet

b)

Comets have a longer more oblong like orbit than a planet

c)

They have the same orbit

d)

Comets do not have an orbit, they are all random

46.

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

47.

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

48.

What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

a)

They are made out of flammable materials

b)

They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

c)

They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

d)

Friction from the Earths atmosphere

49.

An object described as a ball of dust, ice, and gases, and usually has a tail is called an ______

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

50.

What do we call the path of an object that revolves around another object in space?

a)

Gravitational pull

b)

Orbit

c)

Free fall

d)

Spinning

51.

What is the invisible force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them?

a)

Orbit

b)

Gravitational Pull

c)

Might

d)

Force

52.

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

a)

has a tail of ice and gas

b)

is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

c)

enters the Earth's atmoshere

d)

has a nucleus made of rock and snow.

53.

What happens when the comets go near the sun?

a)

the tails are developed

b)

become smaller

c)

disappear

d)

burned

54.

What is the main difference between asteroids and meteoroids?

a)

Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris

b)

Asteroids are only found in the “belt” between Mars and Jupiter

c)

Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids

d)

Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids

55.

How do we know if a meteor has made contact with Earth’s atmosphere?

a)

It burns up and becomes a “shooting star”

b)

A species like the dinosaurs die out

c)

We find space rock on the ground

d)

Humans on Earth die

56.

What is found in the middle of Mars and Jupiter’s orbit?

a)

Asteroid belt

b)

Comets

c)

Meteors

d)

Planets

57.

Which among the choices is one similarity between asteroids, comets, and meteors?

a)

come from the Asteroid belt

b)

come from the Oort cloud

c)

made of rock

d)

orbit the Sun

58.

Which best describes the tail of a comet?

a)

Trails behind the comet, pointing away from the Sun as the comet approaches it, and toward the Sun as the comet moves out of the inner Solar System.

b)

gas and dust expelled from the comet’s nucleus and blown outward by radiation pressure and the solar wind

c)

gas and dust pulled off the comet by the Sun’s gravity

d)

always points away from the Sun

59.

Which of these objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, “dirty snowballs”?

a)

asteroids

b)

comets

c)

meteors

d)

meteoroids

60.

What are meteors made of?

a)

chunks of rocks and minerals

b)

butterfly wings

c)

gas and dust

d)

fish

61.
I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
a)
meteor
b)
meteorite
c)
asteroid
d)
comet
62.
Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteroids
d)
Meteors
63.
One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
a)
are made of rock
b)
come from the Asteroid Belt
c)
come from the Oort Cloud
d)
orbit the sun
64.
Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons called:
a)
Comets
b)
Meteors
c)
Asteroids
d)
Meteroids
65.
When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:
a)
Asteroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteors
d)
Meteorites 
66.
The tails of a comet are called... 
a)
ion tail and dust tail
b)
Hydrogen tail and gas tail
c)
Dust tail hydrogen tail
d)
Coma and gas tail
67.
Where are asteroids found?
a)
Between Earth and Venus
b)
Between Jupiter and Saturn
c)
Between Saturn and Uranus
d)
Between Mars and Jupiter
68.
A shooting star is actually a...
a)
Comet
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
69.
What is the very core of a comet called?
a)
Coma
b)
Comet
c)
Nucleus
d)
Hydrogen Cloud
70.
Found in the Oort Cloud
a)
asteroid
b)
meteoroid
c)
comet
d)
meteor
71.

Which object in space is NOT made of rock and metal?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

72.

Select the 3 materials a comet is composed (made) of

a)

Dust

b)

Metal

c)

Ice

d)

Small rocky particles

73.

Asteroids are found in a region called the

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Earth's surface

74.

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

a)

Mercury and Venus

b)

Jupiter and Saturn

c)

Uranus and Neptune

d)

Mars and Jupiter

75.

Which object in space is larger?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteoroid

76.

Which object in space has a long, narrow orbit around the sun. We never see this object except once every 76 years!

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Meteor

d)

Meteorite

77.

A comet forms a tail when

a)

It is deep in outer space and begins to melt

b)

It gets close to the sun and begins to melt

78.

What do asteroids, comets and meteors all have in common?

a)

They are all made of rock/iron

b)

They are all made of ice and dust

c)

They all orbit the sun

d)

They are all found in the asteroid belt

79.

Ceres is the largest asteroid located in the asteroid belt. It is nearly 587 miles wide and is between the orbits of ________________

a)

the sun and Earth

b)

Mars and Jupiter

c)

Saturn and Neptune

d)

Jupiter and Uranus

80.

Which object in space looks like a "dirty snowball" because of its composition of ice, gas and dust?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteoroid

c)

Comet

d)

Meteor

81.

A small rock orbiting the sun in space. This object is a small broken off piece of a larger asteroid

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

82.

A _____________ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

a)

Meteorite

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteoroid

83.

A meteor that does not burn up in Earth's atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface forming a crater on Earth!

a)

Meteorite

b)

Meteoroid

c)

Meteor

84.

Planets, asteroids, comets and meteoroids all stay in orbit around the sun due to the sun's strong force of _________________

a)

electricity

b)

solar power

c)

gravity

d)

motion

85.

A chunk of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky.

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

86.

A chunk of rock that is not burned up by the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

87.

A chunk of rock or dust in space that comes from an asteroid or comet.

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

88.

A rocky object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.

a)

Meteor

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

89.

The craters on the moon were caused by the impact of ________________.

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Meteors

d)

Meteorites

90.

A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse

a)

Meteoroid

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

d)

Meteor

91.

The nucleus, coma, and tail are the three parts of a(n) __________________________.

a)

Comet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Meteor

92.

Scientists hypothesize that the dinosaurs became extinct as a result of a large _______________ hitting Earth 65 million years ago.

a)

Comet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Meteor

93.

As a comet approaches the sun, the gas and dust heat up and ____________________________.

a)

form a fuzzy coma.

b)

stream outward forming tails.

c)

disappear.

d)

shrink.

94.

Chunks of ice and dust who orbits are usually a long, narrow ellipse.

a)

Meteor

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

95.

Which objects are found in the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt?

a)

Comets

b)

Meteors

c)

Asteroids

96.

The asteroid belt passes between the orbits of which two planets?

a)

Earth and Mars

b)

Mars and Jupiter

c)

Jupiter and Saturn

d)

Saturn and Uranus

97.

A doughnut-shaped region of comets that extends from beyond Neptune's orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun.

a)

Kuiper Belt

b)

Asteroid Belt

c)

Oort Cloud

d)

Milky Way

98.

Which object is like a "dirty snowball" about the size of a mountain?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Meteor

d)

Meteoroid

99.

A rocky object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.

a)

Meteor

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

100.

The nucleus, coma, and tail are the three parts of a(n) __________________________.

a)

Comet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Meteor

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