What do you call an object that travels through the Earth’s atmosphere to strike the Earth causing a small crate to form?
Question 1 options:
a meteor or meteorite
a comet
a star
an asteroid
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Question 2 (1 point)
Which kind of body is the smallest?
Question 2 options:
comets
planets
asteroids
meteoroids
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Question 3 (1 point)
When a comet nears the sun, what happens to the nucleus?
Question 3 options:
Scientists do not know.
It becomes gas.
It becomes liquid.
It becomes solid.
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Question 4 (1 point)
Which type of body has a core made of ice, dust, and rock?
Question 4 options:
comets
stars
asteroids
meteors
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Question 5 (1 point)
Which kind of body has a nucleus, coma, and tail?
Question 5 options:
asteroids
meteors
comets
stars
