Meteors, Comets & Asteroids

A ball of ice and rock whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse.

• Comet
• Meteor
• Planet
• Moon

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• planet
• asteroid
• comet

The ________ belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet
• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Star

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars
• stars and meteors
• asteroid and meteors
• comets and asteroid

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• comet
• asteroid

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

rocky metallic objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet
• Star

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

• Earth
• Crater
• Pit
• Hole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The constant movement of the Earth around the sun.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Axis

When the earth spins on its axis.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Axis

The constant movement of the Earth around the sun.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Axis