Planets

What type of planet is made up of rocks and metals, that has a solid surface?

• Rocky Planet

• Gas Giant

• Asteroid

• Comet

What type of planet is a consists of various cases, mainly hydrogen and helium?

• Rocky Planet

• Gas Giant

• Asteroid

• Comet

The largest planet in our solar system is...

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Venus

• Jupiter

What is a dwarf planet?

Check all that apply

• Moves around the sun

• To small to be an actual planet

• Enough mass to be spherical

• Has an odd shaped orbit

• Not enough mass to clear everything around it

Because________ are smaller than planets, they do not have enough mass to become spherical and do not have an atmosphere surrounding them.

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Dwarf Planets

• Meteors

What is a small space body mainly made of ice?

• Rocky Planet

• Gas Giant

• Asteroid

• Comet

Comets have orbits that are

• Circular

• Irregular

• Ellipses

• None of these

Small space bodies ranging from the size of dust to about a meter in diameter are...

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteoroids

• Cometoids

A Meteor is...

• Large rocks or ice floating in space

• When a meteoroid collides with an asteroid

• When a meteoroid collides with a comet

• A meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere

Meteoroids are made up of what possible material?

Check all that apply.

• Metal

• Rock

• Gas

• Ice