Asteroids, Meteors & Comets!

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

• Asteroids are made of rock and metal

• Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

• Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

• All the above

Asteroids are irregularly shaped due to less mass and gravitational force

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Asteroids can range in size from 1 meter to 1000Km

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Where are most of the asteroids in the solar system located?

• Asteroid Belt

• Orion's Belt

• Gemini Area

What compromises the structure of a comet?

• Nucleus, Coma, Dust tail, Ice

• Nucleus, Dust tail & gases

• Nucleus, Coma, dust tail & gas tail (ion tail)

Nickname for Comets--

• Rocks that glow

• rock "stars"

• dirty snowballs

As comets approach the sun they travel faster and have:

• shorter tails

• medium tails

• longer tails

• no tails due to solar winds

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

After orbiting the sun frequently Comets break into:

• meteors

• meteoroids

• meteorites

As a meteor enters the earths atmosphere the pressure from the air molecules causes it to heat up

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-4