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Meteors, comets and debris

Meteors, comets and debris

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Science, Other

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10th - 12th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-PS3-1, MS-PS1-1

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Standards-aligned

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Monica McClure

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35 Slides • 13 Questions

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Meteors, comets and debris

Solar system debris

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Most meteors entering Earth's atmosphere are how big?

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A grain of sand or small pebble

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Size of a car

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Size of a football field

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State of Arizona

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Multiple Choice

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A light streaking across the night sky is classified as a/an....
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Meteorite
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Asteroid
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Comet
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Meteor

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Meteorites...
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 hit the ground
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burn up completely in the atmosphere
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debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

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Meteors...
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burn up completely in the atmosphere producing streaks of light
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hit the ground
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debris from asteroids/comets floating around in space

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Multiple Choice

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.
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comets and stars
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stars and meteors
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asteroid and meteors
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comets and asteroid

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Multiple Choice

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Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?
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Between Earth and Mars
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In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune
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In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter
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Close to the Sun

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What are comets made of?
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Metals like iron and nickel
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Gas
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Hydrogen Gas
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Ice and rock

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In the diagram, a comet's tail always points where?
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Towards the Sun
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Away from the Sun
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Towards Earth
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Away from Earth

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The orbit of comets is which shape?
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Circular
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Elliptical/Oval
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Comets do not orbit the Sun

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Where do most comets come from?

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In the Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud beyond Neptune's orbit

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In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Near the Sun

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Earth's atmosphere

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Multiple Choice

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I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

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Comet belt

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Asteroid belt

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Meteor belt

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Stars

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I am sometimes called a shooting star.

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meteor

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asteroid

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comet

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One similarity between asteroids & comets is that they all:

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are made of rock

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come from the Asteroid Belt

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come from the Oort Cloud

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orbit the sun

Meteors, comets and debris

Solar system debris

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