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What are meteors sometimes called? Options: shooting stars, moons, satellites, falling asteroids

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shooting stars

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When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

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meteorite

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Is a meteor an asteroid?

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No

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What are meteors made of?

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chunks of rocks and minerals

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Are meteors bigger than asteroids?

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No

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I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

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meteor

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

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Comets

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

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The Asteroid Belt

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One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

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orbit the sun

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These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

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Comets