Question

Comets are also known by the name of shooting stars.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

1. Comets are made up of Ice, dust, and rocky materials.
2. Comets revolve around the sun in a highly elongated orbit.
3. When a comet approaches the Sun, due to heat from the sun ice melts
4. Melting ice along with dust and other material sweeps into a long tail. Hence the name “puchchal tara”
5. The tail of a comet can be 20-30 million kilometers long.
6. On the other hand, meteors (small and rocky bodies) when enters the earth's atmosphere they burn completely.
7. Therefore meteors are called shooting stars.
   Hence the given statement is False.