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Asteroids, Meteoroids, And Comets
Test Description: What are asteroids, meteoroids, and comets?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What do you call a large (bigger than four feet) chunk or rock or metal that orbits the Sun?
A
shooting star
B
meteoroid
C
comet
D
asteroid
2) What is a small piece of rock or metal that travels through space outside of Earth's atmosphere?
A
meteorite
B
meteoroid
C
shooting star
D
planet
3) What do you call a small piece of rock or metal that falls onto a planet or moon's surface?
A
meteoroid
B
comet
C
meteorite
D
satellite
4) What is a lump of ice, frozen gas, and dust that orbits the Sun?
A
orbit
B
asteroid
C
comet
D
meteoroid
5) What do you call the solid, icy part of a comet?
A
tail
B
cloud
C
nucleus
D
rocky
6) What do you call the gas cloud that surrounds the nucleus of a comet?
A
orbit
B
coma
C
nap
D
meteor
7) What do you call the long ribbon-like trails of comet gas and dust?
A
Oort Cloud and Keiper Belt tails
B
rock and mineral tails
C
gas and dust tails
D
coma and sleep tails
8) Comets are made up of frozen gas, dust, and __________.
A
stars
B
asteroids
C
ellipses
D
ice
9) The tails of a comet always face ______________ the Sun due to solar wind.
A
east of
B
away from
C
toward
D
west of
10) These small pieces of rock or metal inside Earth's atmosphere are also known as shooting stars.
A
asteroid
B
Oort Cloud
C
meteors
D
comet
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