20.

Asteroids: Crash Course Question Sheet

1. What are asteroids and what are the made out of (three basic types)?

C-type (chondrite) asteroids are most common, making up about 75 percent of known asteroids. They
are very dark in appearance and probably consist of clay and silicate rocks. They are among the most
ancient objects in the solar system. Their composition is thought to be similar to the Sun, but depleted
in hydrogen, helium, and other volatiles. C-type asteroids mainly are in the asteroid belt’s outer regions.

S-types (stony) are made up of silicate materials and nickel-iron, and accounts for about 17 percent of
known asteroids. They are brighter than C-type and they dominate the inner asteroid belt.

M-types (metallic) are made from nickel and iron and accounts for about 8 percent of known asteroids.
They are brighter than C-type and they can be found in the asteroid belt’s middle region.

2. Where are most asteroids located?

Most asteroids revolve around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

3. Why is there a main asteroid belt?

A collision

4. What was the most interesting thing you learned during this video?

21. Comets: Crash Course Question Sheet

1. What are comets made out of?

Ice and some dust

2. What happens to a comet when it gets near the Sun?

Melts becomes ice

3. What are the nucleus and coma of a comet? What are the two tails of a comet and what

makes each one?

4. What was the most interesting thing you learned during this video?

22. Oort Cloud & Outer Solar System: Crash Course Question Sheet

1. What is the difference between short period comets and long period comets?

Short period are nearby and only come from near the solar system. 200 years orbit or less, long period
comes from far way they can come to the solar system any angles.

2. What are the regions icy bodies occupy called?

Kuiper belt and the Oort Cloud, scattered disc
3. Where do short period and long period comets come from?
Short period ones come from the scattered disc

long period ones come from the Oort Cloud

4. What was the most interesting thing you learned during this video?