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1. Which of the following space objects is the smallest?
a Asteroid
b. Planet
C. Comet
d. Meteoroid
2. What is actually a "shooting star"?
a. Stars revolving around the sun
c. Meteoroids burning up in Earth's atmosphere
b. asteroids passing close to Earth
d. Comets streaking by Earth
3. What is the glowing head of a comet called?
Coma
b. Craler
c. Head
d. Maria
4. What is the main difference between meteoroids and asteroids?
a.Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids
b. Asteroids are only found in the "belt" between Mars and Jupiter
c.Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids
d.Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris.
5.What do we call a small piece of solar system debris found on Earth?
Asteroid
b. meteoroid
C. meteor
d.meteorite
B
How are asteroids, comets, and meteoroids different from each other?
1. Which of the following space objects is the smallest?
a Asteroid
b. Planet
C. Comet
d. Meteoroid
2. What is actually a "shooting star"?
a. Stars revolving around the sun
c. Meteoroids burning up in Earth's atmosphere
b. asteroids passing close to Earth
d. Comets streaking by Earth
3. What is the glowing head of a comet called?
Coma
b. Craler
c. Head
d. Maria
4. What is the main difference between meteoroids and asteroids?
a.Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids
b. Asteroids are only found in the "belt" between Mars and Jupiter
c.Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids
d.Asteroids are pieces of comets, whereas meteoroids are pieces of space debris.
5.What do we call a small piece of solar system debris found on Earth?
Asteroid
b. meteoroid
C. meteor
d.meteorite
B
How are asteroids, comets, and meteoroids different from each other?
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1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
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While traveling through space, asteroids sometimes collide with each other and break up into smaller fragments. Comets shed dust as they roam the solar system. These 'break ups' result in numerous small particles and fragments, called meteoroids, which orbit the sun. Most meteoroids are small and rocky.