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Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets
Answer these questions on this page or in your Science Journal.
1. Most asteroids look very
(a) shallow
(b) slippery
(c) dark
(d) pale
(e) orange
2. Asteroids can have
(a) tails
(b) moons
(c) shooting stars
(d) rings
(e) sand dunes
.
5. Meteoroids are formed when
collide.
(a) stars
(b) planets
(c) asteroids
(d) comets
(e) satellites
.
3. The largest asteroid is called
(a) Circus
(b) Sirus
(c) Siwa
(d) Ceres
(e) Earth
.
4. The common name for a meteoroid
that has come into Earth’s atmosphere
.
is
(a) a shooting star
(b) a comet
(c) a black hole
(d) dust
(e) lava
6.Comets are known as the objects in our solar system.
(a) prettiest
(b) most frightening
(c) brightest
(d) oldest
(e) largest
7. Comets have
the Sun.
(a) circular
(b) rectangular
(c) elliptical
(d) irregular
(e) wide
orbits around
8.When far from the Sun in their orbit,
comets are called “dirty snowballs”
.
because
(a) they look dirty
(b) they reflect some sunlight
(c) they look dark
(d)the core is made of bits of rock and
dust, trapped in ice
(e) all of the above
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