Meteors Comets Asteroids

Front

What is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter?

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Asteroids

Front

How is a meteorite different from a comet?

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enters the Earth's atmosphere

Front

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

Front

What are composed mainly of rock and metal?

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Asteroids and meteors

Front

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

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meteor

Front

The shape of comet's paths are ________________.

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elliptical

Front

Which object in space is larger: Asteroid or Meteoroid?

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Asteroid

Front

What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

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They all orbit the sun

Front

A meteor when it burns in the atmosphere is also known as a ____.

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shooting star

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