Vocabulary in Context: Comets – Flashcards
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About a trillion comets are thought to be located far, far beyond Pluto in the
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Oort Cloud
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The bright spherical part of a comet observed when it is close to the Sun is the
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coma
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A comet's ____ stretches directly away from the Sun.
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plasma tail
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A comet's ___ is the frozen portion of a comet.
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nucleus
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Particles ejected from a comet can cause a ___ on Earth,
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meteor shower
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The ___ extends from about beyond the orbit of Neptune to about twice the distance of Neptune from the Sun.
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Kuiper Belt
