ES: 3.6 Small Solar System Objects Review

This is the fuzzy outer layer of a comet.

These objects are loose collections of ice and dust. Most come from the Oort cloud.

This area of the solar system is found just outside Neptune's orbit.

These objects are meteoroids that pass through Earth's atmosphere and hit Earth's surface.

These are chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids.

These are small, irregular rocky objects that orbit the sun.

These objects of the solar system often orbit within the Kuiper belt and are spherical.

Which of the following is NOT an area of our solar system?

Which of the following correctly describes the difference between meteors and meteorites?

These objects are seen as streaks of light within our atmosphere.

This are of small solar system objects is found far beyond the Kuiper belt.

This area of small solar system objects is found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

This is the solid inner core of a comet.