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

Question 2 (1 point)
Which kind of body is the smallest?

Question 2 options:

comets

planets

asteroids

meteoroids

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.

Question 4 (1 point)
Which type of body has a core made of ice, dust, and rock?

Question 4 options:

comets

stars

asteroids

meteors


Question 5 (1 point)

Which kind of body has a nucleus, coma, and tail?

Question 5 options:

asteroids

meteors

comets

stars