Celestial Bodies

Between which 2 planets do we find the asteroid belt?

• Mercury and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

They are icy bodies from dust and objects that orbit the sun.

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteoroids

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

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteors

• Meteorites

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 
• Crater
• Canyon
• Plateau

What do comets, asteroids and meteor all orbit around?

• The Stars

• The Planets

• The Sun

What is a piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere like a shooting star?

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• meteor

The hottest color star is _________ .

• Blue

• White

• Yellow

• Red

• Orange

Our sun is a __________ star.

• blue

• orange

• yellow

• red

What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Comet Belt

• Meteor Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Nothing