A. “coma” around the comet’s nucleus and a long tail that points away from the sun
B. “coma” that points away from the sun and a long tail around the comet’s nucleus
C. Only “coma” around the comet’s nucleus
D. Only a long tail that points away from the sun
Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah
Related Mcqs:
- Comets are made mostly of ice and dust. As comets get close to the sun, they start to “melt” and release what?
A. Steam and dust
B. Gas and dust
C. Steam, gas and dust
D. None of the aboveSubmitted by: Muhammad Abdullah
- The snow on the mountains does NOT melt all at once when it is heated by the sun because:
A. it becomes very hard
B. it reflects most of the heat from the sun
C. it has a low specific heat capacity
D. it has a high latent heat of fusionSubmitted by: Abid Hussain
- NASA’s _________ is currently studying the sun up close.
A. Darker Solar Probe
B. Walker Solar Probe
C. Parker Solar Probe
D. Falkner Solar ProbeSubmitted by: Muhammad Abdullah
- Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.
A. January – July
B. June – December
C. July – January
D. December – JuneSubmitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque
- When in the part of its orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton’s, but what happens when it is farther from the Sun ?
A. These gases are not present
B. These gases are like plasma
C. These gases are frozen
D. These gases are volatileSubmitted by: Muhammad Abdullah
- In general, Comets have __________ orbits
A. Elliptical
B. Highly elliptical
C. Circular
D. Parabolic - The bodyguard of the Earth is __________ that save the Earth from many Comets and Asteroids.
A. Mars
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Jupiter - Comets revolves around?
A. The sun
B. The Moon
C. The Earth
D. VenusSubmitted by: Aurangzeb Bhutto
- Comets are made mostly of ______________?
A. Ice and dust
B. Dust and lights
C. Ice, dust and lights
D. All of the aboveSubmitted by: Muhammad Abdullah
- Comets are often called what?
A. Dusty snowballs
B. Filthy snowballs
C. Dirty snowballs
D. Impure snowballsSubmitted by: Muhammad Abdullah