Physics: Meteors and Comets

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Physics: Meteors and Comets.

1. What are comets made of?
a. Metal only
b. Ice only
c. Ice, dust, and rock
d. Metal and ice
e. Hydrogen

2. What is the glowing 'head' around a comet called?
a. Halo
b. Coma
c. Crown
d. Hat
e. Ring

3. What do we call the trailing gases behind a comet?
a. Coma
b. Ribbon
c. Arm
d. Legs
e. Tail

4. What type of comets originate from the Oort Cloud?
a. Short period comets
b. Long period comets
c.
d.
e.

5. What type of comets originate from the Kuiper Belt?
a. Short period comets
b. Long period comets
c.
d.
e.

6. What type of comets have an orbit of less than 200 years?
a. Short period comets
b. Long period comets
c.
d.
e.

7. What region defines the outer limits of the Solar System?
a. Asteroid Belt
b. Trojan asteroids
c. Kuiper Belt
d. Oort Cloud
e. None of the Above

8. In what region would you find the dwarf planet Pluto?
a. Asteroid Belt
b. Trojan asteroids
c. Kuiper Belt
d. Oort Cloud
e. None of the Above

9. Which of the following is a piece of a comet or asteroid that has landed on Earth?
a. Meteoroid
b. Meteorite
c. Meteor
d. All of the above
e.

10. Which of the following has been pulled into Earth's gravity, but has not yet landed on Earth?
a. Meteoroid
b. Meteorite
c. Meteor
d. All of the above
e.


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