1) They are also known as "dirty snowballs" a) Coma b) Nucleus c) Tail d) Comets e) Oort cloud f) Kuiper belt 2) The word "comet" comes from what Greek word? a) Comet b) kometes c) Ares d) Selene e) Star f) Rock 3) What does the Greek word kometes mean? a) Star b) Asteroid c) long-haired star d) dusty rock e) icy comet f) Comets 4) What is the central part of the comet? a) Coma b) Tail c) Head d) Sun e) Nucleus f) Moon 5) It is the gases that sublimates and creates an envelope or cloud around the nucleus. a) Coma b) Nucleus c) Moon d) Sun e) Tail f) Head 6) It is created when the sun pushes some of the dust particles away from the coma. a) Sun b) Star c) Nucleus d) Coma e) Head f) Tail 7) It is where short-period comets originated. a) Kuiper Belt b) Oort Cloud c) Moon d) Milky Way e) Galaxy f) Outer Space 8) It is where long-period comets originated. a) Sun b) Kuiper Belt c) Oort Cloud d) Moon e) Galaxy f) Outer Space 9) The Halley's Comet comes every how many years? a) 70 or 71 years b) 78 or 79 years c) 60 or 61 years d) 25 or 26 years e) 75 or 76 years f) 30 or 31 years 10) Comets were believed to bring what? a) Misfortune b) Good Luck c) Peace d) Guidance e) Wisdom f) Kindness

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