1. A rocky leftover planetisimal orbiting the Sun is a/an,
A. asteroid
B, comet
C. meteor
D. meteoriteis called
2. Falling stars and shooting stars are simply other names for
A. aster oids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. strange objects
3. What part of a comet point most directly away from the sun?
A. body
B. coma
C. nucleus
D. tall
4. The Short period comets originate from this region
A. Apollo-amor
B. Galilean satellites
C. Kuiper belt
D. Oort cloud
5. This Where do comets with elliptical orbits like Hale Bopp come from?
A. aste, oid belt
B. Kui per belt
C. Oort cloud
D. Trojan comet
6. The word
A rock found on Earth that crashed down from space is called
A. an asteroid
B. a comet
C. a meteor
D. a meteorite
7. An asteroid is a
A. little star
C. giant snowball in space 8. a small planet
D. large rock that is orbiting the sun
8. When we see meteor shower, it means that
A. the wind is strong
B. it is a sign of bad luck
C. Earth is crossing the orbit of a comet D. an a steroid comes very close to the Earth.
9. Most meteoroids are formed when
A. comets melted
C. a steroids exploded or collided volcanoes erupted
D. satellites exploded or collided
10. The orbits of most comets, which we see in the inner solar system
A. are nearly circular
C. never come closer to the sun
B. are highly elliptical
D. are only sligh Wy inclined to the earth's orbit​