E.Sci HW: pg 810 #1-3,6,7 (Sec 28.4)

Section 28.4: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids

Earth Science HW:
Pg 810 #1-3,6,7
(Rd pg. 805-810)



Due: Wednesday 5/1/24

Categorize

Options (5)

It is fragments of rock, metals, and carbons that travel in elliptical orbits.

The largest of the small bodies that orbit the sun. (Includes the dwarf planet Ceres).

Its nucleus is a core of rock, metals, and ice.

Its coma is a cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the nucleus.

It has two types of tails: ion tail and dust tail

Pg. 810

#2-3) Put each description in the category it BEST fits.

asteroid

comet

Match

Pg. 810

#7) Match each term with the correct description.

• "small" body of rock or metal that travels through space

• small body of rock that enters the atmosphere of earth

  Looks like a streak of light.

• small body of rock that "survives" the atmosphere and strikes the surface of the earth

meteoroid

meteor

meteorite

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite