Comet

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteroids

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun

• toward the Earth

• away from the Sun

• away from the Earth

The tails of a comet are called... 

• Gas tail and dust tail

• Hydrogen tail and gas tail

• Dust tail hydrogen tail

• Coma and gas tail

What is the very core of a comet called?

• Coma

• Comet

• Nucleus

• Hydrogen Cloud

Large clump of ice, dust, and small rock particles that has a tail and orbits the sun on a long path

• asteroids

• meteor

• comet

• planet

A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.

• coma

• comet

• moon

• planet

The comet tail that points directly away from the Sun as it is swept by Sun's solar winds is called the ​ (a)   tail. The tail that follows the path/orbit of the comet that forms meteor showers when Earth passes through this path is called the ​ (b)   tail. ​

• gas (ion)

• dust

• rat

• end

• fox

• mare

Where do comets originate from?

• our imagination

• the sun

• The Oort Cloud and Kuiper belt 

• unicorn landia  

What does magnitude tell about a comet?

• size

• brightness

• shape of orbit

• color

What is one difference between an asteroid and comet?

• A comet orbits the sun and an asteroid does not

• An asteroid is formed from leftovers from the formation of the solar system and a comet is not 

• When a comet comes near the sun it loses material while an asteroid typically remains solid

• An asteroid orbits the sun in the oort cloud while a comet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter