Question

1. which of the following statements about comets is true?

comets burn and glow when passing through earth’s atmosphere.
comets originate between mars and jupiter.
comets originate in the kuiper belt and oort cloud, both located past neptune, far from the sun
comets have regular orbits that take them far from the sun and far into the solar system.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: Comets burn in Earth’s atmosphere? No, comets burn (sublimate) when near the Sun, not in Earth’s atmosphere (meteors burn in Earth’s atmosphere).
2. Analyze Option 2: Comets between Mars and Jupiter? No, that’s the asteroid belt. Comets originate in Kuiper belt or Oort cloud.
3. Analyze Option 3: Comets originate in Kuiper belt and Oort cloud (both beyond Neptune, far from Sun). This matches scientific knowledge.
4. Analyze Option 4: Comets have regular orbits? No, many comets have highly elliptical (irregular) orbits; only some short - period comets have more regular orbits, and they don't all go “far into the solar system” in a regular way.

Answer:

The option (the second from the left, with text "Comets originate in the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud, both located past Neptune, far from the Sun") is the correct one.