Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Class: __________

Exit Ticket #126

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

1. What is the name of the comet that appears every 76 years? ___________________________
2.

Chunks of ice and dirt that orbit around the sun in narrow ellipses are called:
A.
Meteoroids
C. Comets
B.
Asteroids
D. Meteors

3.

The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?

1.

__________________________

2.

_____________________________

4.

What do scientists think hit the Earth 65 million years ago near the Yucatan Peninsula of
Mexico, possibly causing the extinction of dinosaurs?
A.
meteoroid
C. meteorite
B.
comet
D. asteroid

5.

The streak of light produced by a meteoroid burning up in earths atmosphere is called a:

A.
comet
C. meteorite
B.
meteor
D. asteroid

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Class: __________

Exit Ticket #126
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

1. What is the name of the comet that appears every 76 years? ___________________________
2.

Chunks of ice and dirt that orbit around the sun in narrow ellipses are called:
A.
Meteoroids
C. Comets
B.
Asteroids
D. Meteors

3.

The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?

1.

__________________________

2.

_____________________________

4.

What do scientists think hit the Earth 65 million years ago near the Yucatan Peninsula of
Mexico, possibly causing the extinction of dinosaurs?
A.
meteoroid
C. meteorite
B.
comet
D. asteroid

5.

The streak of light produced by a meteoroid burning up in earths atmosphere is called a:

A.
comet
C. meteorite
B.
meteor
D. asteroid