Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Check

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

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Select the 3 materials a comet is composed (made) of

• Dust

• Metal

• Ice

• Small rocky particles

Asteroids are found in a region called the

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Earth's surface

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which object in space has a long, narrow orbit around the sun. We never see this object except once every 76 years!

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A comet forms a tail when

• It is deep in outer space and begins to melt

• It gets close to the sun and begins to melt

What do asteroids, comets and meteors all have in common?

• They are all made of rock/iron

• They are all made of ice and dust

• They all orbit the sun

• They are all found in the asteroid belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where do comets form/come from?

• Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Earth's atmosphere

• Earth's surface

Ceres is the largest asteroid located in the asteroid belt. It is nearly 587 miles wide and is between the orbits of ________________

• the sun and Earth

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Neptune

• Jupiter and Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3