Comets Quiz 47 Created on April 08, 2023 By RKS The Comets Quiz-1 Top Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with answers on Comets in Solar system (Basic Quiz) 1 / 10 An irregularly shaped body composed mostly of a mixture of water ice, dust, carbon and silicon-based compounds with a glowing tail is called —- Asteroid Dwarf planet Comet Meteorite 2 / 10 Comets are often called? Dirty snowballs Shining tails Sparkling coma Dusty rocks 3 / 10 What do we call the bright glow around the head of a comet? Crown Coma Body Tail 4 / 10 The tail extends from the comet and points —- Towards the Sun Away from the Sun Towards the Earth Away from Earth 5 / 10 Comets originate from a region of space outside the solar system called the —- Napier belt Oort cloud Asteroid belt Cassini belt 6 / 10 You can’t see a comet without a telescope True False 7 / 10 What among the followings are the distinct parts of a comet? Nucleus Tail Coma All of the above 8 / 10 Which famous comet, is seen from Earth once in 75 years? Halley’s Comet Shoemaker Levy-9 Hale-Bopp Comet Encke 9 / 10 When was Halley’s Comet last seen? in 1986 1966 1976 1986 1996 10 / 10 Halley’s Comet was named after English astronomer — Edmond Halley Robert Halley William Halley Chris Halley Your score isThe average score is 57% LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Take the next level quiz on Comets (Medium Level) … coming soonTake other related quizzes from Solar System The Solar System Quiz The Sun Quiz The Mercury Quiz The Venus Quiz The Earth Quiz The Mars Quiz The Jupiter Quiz The Saturn Quiz The Uranus Quiz The Neptune Quiz Moons of other Planets The Dwarf Planets Quiz Comets Quiz Asteroids Quiz Meteorites Quiz Solar Eclipse Quiz Lunar Eclipse Quiz