Comets and Asteroids

What is the center of the solar system?

• Sun

• Moon

• Earth

• Comets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Scientists believed that asteroids and comets are left overs from planet formation about _____ billion years ago.

• 4.3

• 4.4

• 4.5

• 4.6

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The area in space where most of the asteroids are found is called _________.

It is a rocky astronomical object that varies in size ranging from 10 meters to 500 kilometers in diameter.

• Comet

• Sun

• Asteroid

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The astronomical object presented is called a _________.

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Meteorite

• Comet

Which of the two astronomical objects are bigger in size?

• Comet

• Asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The tail of a comets appears when it is ________ from the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Asteroids usually have a/an __________ orbit that are more tilted than those of the planets.

• elliptical

• circular

Comets usually have a/an __________ orbit that are more tilted than those of the planets.

• elliptical

• circular

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Most asteroids are located in what planets?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Mars and Earth

• Jupiter and Venus

• Earth and Venus