Meteors and Comets

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

• rock

• shooting star

• ball of ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• enters the Earth's atmoshere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow.

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 tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun

• toward the Earth

• away from the Sun

• away from the Earth

A small piece of rock that enters Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light in the sky as it burns up.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• 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

An event when the earth passes through a region having lots of debris

• Bolid

• Fireball

• Meteor

• Meteor Shower

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

• Pothole 

• Crater

• Canyon

• Plateau

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4