Celestial Objects

T or F: Comets are found beyond Pluto.

• True

• False

A comet's three main parts are the _____, tail, and a coma.

• ice head

• rock head

• nucleus

• dust head

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is NOT true about the Oort Cloud?

• It is extremely large.

• It is close to Earth.

• Comets exist within the Oort Cloud.

• Objects in the Oort Cloud are pulled by gravity and pushed by heat and pressure,

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the star in the center of our solar system called?

• Sun

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the Sun

• planet

• star

• asteroid

• moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Most of the asteroids in our solar system are located between the orbits of what two objects?

• Earth and Venus

• Saturn and Uranus

• Mercury and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A visible streak of light that shows the path of a rocky object which has entered Earth’s atmosphere is–

• Meteor

• Supernova

• Asteroid

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a celestial body that revolves around a planet

• star

• moon

• comet

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a space rock that hits the atmosphere of Earth

• planet

• meteor

• comet

• asteroid

any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• comet

• planet

• star

• asteroid