comet, meteor, asteroid stations quiz

How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?

• A meteor is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth.

• A meteorite is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth.

• Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice.

• They are the same thing.

What are most comets made of?

• rock, ice, salt, carbon

• rock, ice, lava, frozen gases

• ice, dust, rock, frozen gases

• ice, dust, rock, soil

Describe a comets origin (where it comes from) and orbit.

• Between Mars and Jupiter with a long elliptical orbit

• Oort cloud or kuiper belt with a circular (round) orbit

• Another galaxy with a long elliptical orbit

• Oort cloud or Kuiper belt with a long elliptical orbit

Describe an asteroid's origin (where it is from) and orbit.

• Between Mars and Jupiter with a long/elliptical orbit

• Between Mars and Jupiter with a circular (round) orbit

• Another galaxy with a long/elliptal orbit

• Oort cloud with a long/elliptical orbit

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What is a meteoroid?

• A space rock that hits the Earth

• A space rock that is still in space

• A space rock that is burning up in our atmosphere

What is a meteor?

• A space rock that hits the Earth

• A space rock that is still in space

• A space rock that is burning up in our atmosphere

What is a meteorite?

• A space rock that hits the Earth

• A space rock that is still in space

• A space rock that is burning up in our atmosphere

Where do you find most asteroids?

• in the Oort cloud

• In the Asteroid belt

• around the Earth

• They are everywhere in space and in no particular location

Which of the following is a "shooting star"?

• comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite

Pictures can be confusing because they can all be seen with a tail. How is a comets tail different from a meteors tail?

• A comet's tail is on fire from friction in the Earth's atmosphere. A meteor is from melted ice.

• A comet's tail is created when the comet begins to melt as is gets closer to the sun and solar winds push it away from the Sun. A meteor is on fire.

• A comet's tail is no different from a meteor's tail. Both occur from friction in the Earth's atmosphere.