Direction: Write the part of the comet at the blank provided; you can use statement on

the right side to identify the parts well

NUCLEUS: Is the frozen center of a

comet’ head. It is composed of ice, 1
gas, and dust. It contains most of
the comet’s mass but is very small.

COMA: Is the roughly spherical blob

❖ Are celestial objects made up of ice and dust. The ice is made of frozen water and gases like methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and ammonia.
of gas surrounds the nucleus of a 2
❖ Contain sodium and argon that is specific to comets. comet
❖ They are visible when they are near the sun. Energy coming from the sun causes the frozen It is composed of water vapor, Co2,
Ammonia, dust and neutral gases. 3
ION TAIL/ PLASMA TAIL: Always
faces away from the sun.

DUST TAIL: It is a long wide tail

composed of microscopic dust
particles

HYDROGEN ENVELOPE:
Hydrogen gas surrounds the coma
of the comets and trails along for millions of miles.

gases to vaporize and produce a glowing head of a comet called COMA. The
glowing portion within the coma is the NUCLEUS of a comet. A TAIL is formed as
the comets come near the sun that can be millions of kilometers long.
❖ Comets usually have one tail but some have two tails.

ACTIVITY 5.2. Show where a meteoroid, meteor and meteorite are most likely to be
found. Use symbols to represent a meteoroid, meteor and a meteorite.
(Draw symbols or shapes: ○/circle for meteoroi
d, / square for meteor and / triangle for meteorite)

ACTIVITY 5.1. Label the parts of a comet

 ACTIVITY 5.4. Complete the Venn diagram
Directions: Add the characteristics listed in the box to the appropriate location on
the Venn diagram. Write the numbers only inside the circle