Comet -Multiple Choice Questions Quiz

Interactive MCQs on “Comet”:

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Question 1: What is a comet?

(a) A planet with a highly elliptical orbit
(b) A small celestial body composed of rock and metal
(c) A celestial object made of dust, ice, and gas that orbits the Sun
(d) A distant star with a glowing tail

Question 2: What is the coma of a comet?

(a) The icy nucleus of the comet
(b) The glowing tail of the comet
(c) The cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus
(d) The region of space where comets originate

Question 3: Which part of a comet usually points away from the Sun?

(a) The nucleus
(b) The coma
(c) The tail
(d) The atmosphere

Question 4: Halley's Comet, one of the most famous comets, orbits the Sun approximately every:

(a) 20 years
(b) 76 years
(c) 150 years
(d) 365 days

Question 5: Which part of a comet is typically visible from Earth?

(a) Nucleus
(b) Coma
(c) Tail
(d) Both the coma and tail

Question 6: What happens to a comet's tail as it moves away from the Sun?

(a) It gets longer
(b) It gets shorter
(c) It remains the same length
(d) It changes direction

Question 7: Which spacecraft made a historic encounter with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014?

(a) Cassini
(b) Voyager 2
(c) Rosetta
(d) New Horizons

Question 8: What is the Kuiper Belt?

(a) A region of space where comets originate
(b) The main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
(c) A group of rocky planets in our solar system
(d) A cloud of gas surrounding the Sun

Question 9: The famous meteor shower 'Perseids' is associated with which comet?

(a) Halley's Comet
(b) Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
(c) Comet Hale-Bopp
(d) Comet Swift-Tuttle

Question 10: What was the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet and send a probe to its surface?

(a) Voyager 1
(b) Deep Space 1
(c) Rosetta
(d) Stardust