Comet Asteroid Meteor

What is the composition of most Comets?

• Rock, Ice, Salt, Carbon

• Rock, Ice, Magma, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Frozen Gases

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Soil

An object described as a ball of dust, ice, and gases, and usually has a tail is called an ______

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Where do Long-period comets come from?

• Kuiper belt

• Oort cloud

• Past Pluto

How does the orbit of a comet compare to the orbit of a planet?

• Comets have a shorter rounder orbit than a planet

• Comets have a longer more oblong like orbit than a planet

• They have the same orbit

• Comets do not have an orbit, they are all random

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

• Meteoroids are sand size, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors that has landed

• Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

• There are no differences

• Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

What causes Meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

• They are made out of flammable materials

• They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

• They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

• Friction from the Earths atmosphere

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Asteroids orbit in the _________ __________ between Mars and Jupiter.

A large body in space made of rock, ice, and frozen gas:

A meteor that survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.

It is the origin of the comets that is beyond the solar system.