Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors

When does a meteor shower occur?

• when the tail of a comet enters the Earth atmosphere

• when a meteoroid enters the Earth atmosphere

• when there are fireworks in the sky

• when an asteroid falls on the earth

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet

The shape of comet's paths are ________________.

• circular

• elliptical

• irregular

What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

• They all are made of ice

• They all hit Earth's surface

• They all orbit the sun

• They have nothing in common

Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars

• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Close to the Sun

Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun

• toward the Earth

• away from the Sun

• away from the Earth

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A meteor when it burns in the atmosphere is also known as a ____.

• rock

• shooting star

• ball of ice