Comets and Asteroids

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroid
• comet

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

• are made of rock
• come from the Asteroid Belt
• come from the Oort Cloud
• orbit the sun

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons called:

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids
• Meteroids

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

What are meteors made of?

• chunks of rocks and minerals
• Ice
• Air
• Gas and debris 

The tails of a comet are called... 

• ion tail and dust tail
• Hydrogen tail and gas tail
• Dust tail hydrogen tail
• Coma and gas tail

Where are asteroids found?

• Between Earth and Venus
• Between Jupiter and Saturn
• Between Saturn and Uranus
• Between Mars and Jupiter

A shooting star is actually a...

• Comet
• Meteoroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor