Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors

Where do most comets come from?

• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Near the Sun

• Earth's atmosphere

Most meteoroids floating around in the Solar System are how big?

• A grain of sand or small pebble

• Size of a car

• Size of a football field

• State of Arizona

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object in space is NOT made of rock and metal/iron?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A _____________ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

A meteor that does not burn up in Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

Asteroids are made of the same stuff as the planets.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

These are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars

• stars and meteors

• asteroid and meteors

• comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

• are made of rock

• come from the Asteroid Belt

• come from the Oort Cloud

• orbit the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun.

• toward the Earth.

• away from the Sun.

• away from the Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball."

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet