Asteroids in the Solar System

What is the main difference between asteroids and meteoroids?

• Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris

• Asteroids are only found in the “belt” between Mars and Jupiter

• Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids

• Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids

What is found in the middle of Mars and Jupiter’s orbit?

• Asteroid belt

• Comets

• Meteors

• Planets

Which among the choices is one similarity between asteroids, comets, and meteors?

• come from the Asteroid belt

• come from the Oort cloud

• made of rock

• orbit the Sun

Which of the following statement is false?

• The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt is Ceres

• Ceres and Vesta are both in the asteroid belt

• The asteroid belt contains millions of asteroids

• Pluto is in the asteroid belt

Which space object is larger?

• asteroid

• meteor

• meteorite

• meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do we call rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun?

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Moons

• Planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes, most are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• meteoroids

• asteroids

• meteors

• meteorites

The region of the solar system that is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are located

• outer planet belt

• meteoroid belt

• asteroid belt

• inner planet belt

What is the primary composition of most asteroids in the asteroid belt?

• Metallic iron and nickel

• Silicate rock and clay

• Ice and dust

• Hydrogen and helium

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of asteroids?

• They have a tail like comets

• They are mostly spherical

• They have irregular shapes

• They emit light like stars