Solar System

The region between Mars and Jupiter is known as

The Kuiper Belt is located beyond the orbit of

Most of these are located between Jupiter and Mars

Similar to a planet but not large enough to clear its orbital region

This is

KBO stands for

A trail of gas and dust that a comet leaves behind when it travels through the Solar System

A meteoroid that reaches Earth's surface without burning up

Which of the following is NOT an inner planet

A small body of ice, rock, and dust that follows an oval path around the sun

This picture is of a

This is most likely a surface picture of

In 2006, astronomers decided that this celestial body would no longer be a planet

This planet is

This picture is most likely a

The two regions in the Solar System where comets usually come from

a small irregularly shaped rocky object that orbits the sun

A bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atomosphere

a spherical shell of comets that surrounds the sun far beyond the orbits of the outer planets

The largest planet in the Solar System

A rocky body that travels through space and can be sand to boulder sized

a round or spherical cloud of gas and dust that comes off of the nucleus of a comet

The region between Mars and Jupiter that is 300 million km wide

A region in the Solar System that begins just beyond Neptune and contains small bodies of ice

This is

What are the two parts to a comet's tail?

This planet is

This object is

The part of a comet that is made of ice and rock is called a

This is a picture of

What is the name for the objects in the picture?