CMA & Gravity/Orbit

A rocky object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The nucleus, coma, and tail are the three parts of a(n) __________________________.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

Gas and dust form a fuzzy outer layer around a comet's head, called a ______________________.

• Nucleus

• Coat

• Coma

• Tail

Scientists hypothesize that the dinosaurs became extinct as a result of a large _______________ hitting Earth 65 million years ago.

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The asteroid belt passes between the orbits of which two planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A doughnut-shaped region of comets that extends from beyond Neptune's orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun.

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system out to more than 1000 times the distance between Pluto and the sun.

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Milky Way

A streak of light in our atmosphere is a _____________________.

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Falling/Shooting Star

Which objects are smallest?

• Meteoroids

• Asteroids

• Comets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object is like a "dirty snowball" about the size of a mountain?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteoroid