Solar System

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The belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Asteroids

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They are sometimes called shooting stars: interplanetary dust, asteroids, comets, meteors

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meteors

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Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

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Comet

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I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

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meteor

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When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

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meteorite

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^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

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Comets

Front

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

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The Asteroid Belt

Front

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

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Crater

Front

What do comets orbit?

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The Sun

Front

What is a meteor called when it's in space? Options: meteroid, meteor, meteorite

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meteroid