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Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors Worksheet

The document describes a worksheet about asteroids, comets, and meteors. The worksheet contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about the characteristics of each. It tests knowledge about what a coma, nucleus, and dust tail are in pictures of comets. It also covers where comets originate from, what asteroids are composed of, and matches terms like meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid to their definitions. The key provides the answers to the questions.

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Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors Worksheet

The document describes a worksheet about asteroids, comets, and meteors. The worksheet contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about the characteristics of each. It tests knowledge about what a coma, nucleus, and dust tail are in pictures of comets. It also covers where comets originate from, what asteroids are composed of, and matches terms like meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid to their definitions. The key provides the answers to the questions.

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  • Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Worksheet
  • Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Data Sheet Worksheet - Key
  • Scoring Guide

Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

Name ____________________________________________________________

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Worksheet


Use your Solar System Data Sheet to complete this worksheet.
Use the picture to answer the next three questions.

B A

1. A is the…
a. coma. c. Nucleus.
b. dust tail.
2. B is the…
a. coma. c. Nucleus.
b. dust tail.
3. C is the…
a. coma. c. Nucleus.
b. dust tail.
Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

4. Comets coming from this area are coming from outside the orbit of Neptune to six
billion miles from Sun.
a. Oort Cloud b. Kuiper Belt
5. Comets coming from this area are coming from one light-year (six trillion miles)
from Sun.

a. Oort Cloud b. Kuiper Belt


6. Comets can only be seen using a telescope. They are never visible to the naked eye.
a. True b. False
7. Asteroids are found in the…
a. Asteroid Belt c. Oort Cloud
b. Kuiper Belt
8. Asteroids are composed of…
a. rocks and ice. c. rocky material.
b. rocky materials and iron.
9. Asteroids are irregular objects.
a. True b. False
10. The largest asteroid is about _____ miles in diameter. (The answer is a number.)
Match the term with its definition.

_____11. Meteor A. A rocky body that is found in outer space, moving around
the Solar System.
_____12. Meteorite
B. The rocky body when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. It
_____13. Meteoroid looks like a streak in the sky; it lasts about a second or two.
C. The rocky body if it is large enough to hit the surface of a
planet.
Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

Picture A Picture C

Picture C
_____14. Picture A A. Asteroid
_____15. Picture B B. Comet
_____16. Picture C C. Meteorite
Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

Asteroids Comets and Meteors Data Sheet Worksheet – Key

1. A is the…

a. Nucleus

2. B is the…

b. Dust tail

3. C is the…

a. Coma

4. Comets coming from this area are coming from outside the orbit of Neptune to six
billion miles from Sun.

b. Kuiper Belt

5. Comets coming from this area are coming from one light-year (six trillion miles)
from Sun.

a. Oort Cloud

6. Comets can only be seen using a telescope. They are never visible to the naked eye.

b. False

7. Asteroids are found in the…

a. Asteroid Belt
8. Asteroids are composed of…

c. rocky materials and iron.


Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

9. Asteroids are irregular objects.

a. True (2 choices)

10. The largest asteroid is about _____ miles in diameter. (The answer is a number.)

350

B 11. Meteor

C 12. Meteorite

A 13. Meteoroid

B 14. Picture A

C 15. Picture B

A 16. Picture C
Objective – Describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteors.

Asteroids Comets and Meteors Data Sheet Worksheet – Scoring


Guide

1. c (3 choices) Scoring Guide


2. b (3 choices)
3. a (3 choices) 10-16 – 3
4. b (2 choices)
5. a (2 choices)
7-9 – 2
6. a (2 choices) 1-6 – 1
7. a (3 choices) 0–0
8. c (2 choices)
9. a (2 choices)
10. 350
11. B (3 choices)
12. C (3 choices)
13. A (3 choices)
14. B (3 choices)
15. C (3 choices)
16. A (3 choices)

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