Comets Orbit

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun
• toward the Earth
• away from the Sun
• away from the Earth

The tails of a comet are called... 

• Gas tail and dust tail
• Hydrogen tail and gas tail
• Dust tail hydrogen tail
• Coma and gas tail

Asteroids and Comets orbit around...

• Their axis
• The Earth
• The Sun
• Each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the very core of a comet called?

• Coma
• Comet
• Nucleus
• Hydrogen Cloud

What does magnitude tell about a comet?

• size

• brightness

• shape of orbit

• color

WHRE DID THE WORD COMET COME FROM

• ANCINET GRECEE
• GARAGE
• DINOSAURS
• VIKINGS

What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?

• A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not
• An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not 
• When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid
• An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

Where do comets originate from?

• our imagination
• the sun
• The Oort Cloud and Kuiper belt 
• unicorn landia