Solar Objects

Which is the correct naming order of rocky particles and their effect on Earth as they move from space to Earth?

• meteor, meteoroid, meteorite, impact crater
• meteoroid, meteor, meteorite, impact crater
• meteoroid, meteor, impact crater, meteorite
• asteroid , meteor, meteorite, impact crater

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 
• Crater
• Canyon
• Plateau

What do comets orbit

• The Stars
• The Planets
• The Sun

What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?

• Heat from the Sun
• Heat from Earth's atmosphere
• They are already so hot that our atmosphere can't handle it
• Friction from the Earth's atmosphere

Between a meteroid and a comet, whose orbit (ellipse) moves the furthest away from the sun and sometimes past Neptune?

• meteroids
• comets

How does a meteor compare to a meteorite? 

• A meteor is moving through 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 is the composition of an asteroid?

• Ice, dust, rock, frozen gases
• Rock, ice, salt, carbon
• Metals and rocky material
• Rock, ice, magma, frozen gases

Often called shooting stars.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

What is in between the inner planets and the outer planets?

• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper belt
• Sun
• Moon

What's a comet?

• Loose collections of ice, small rocky particles, and dust.
• A circumstellar disc
• Rocky objects that are too small and numerous.
• A streak of light in the sky.