Astronomy - Space Rocks

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• Between Mercury and Venus

• Between Earth and Mars

• Between Mars and Saturn

• Between Mars and Jupiter

What do astronomers call comets?

• Snowy snowballs

• Clean snowballs

• Dirty snowballs

• Cold snowballs

True or False.

Comets do not follow the same, so it is not easy to predict when one will pass by the Earth again

• True

• False

Which image best shows a meteor shower?

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Yes or No.

A comet which takes more than 200 years to complete one orbit around the sun is called a short-period comet.

• Yes

• No

One of the most famous short-period comets is called?

• Hallie's Comet

• Halley's Comet

• Hale Comet

• Hale-Bopp Comet

When rocks are floating in space, we also call them?

• Meteors

• Meteorites

• Meteoroids

Once a meteoroid hits Earth's atmosphere and burns up it is called?

• Dust

• Fire

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Which image best describes a meteorite?

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The asteroid belt divides the planets in our solar system into two groups.

These are:

1. _____ planets

2. _____ planets