Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

What are meteors sometimes called?

• shooting stars
• moons
• satellites
• falling asteroids

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• meteroid
• meteor

What are meteors made of?

• chunks of rocks and minerals
• ice
• iron
• lava

Are meteors bigger than asteroids?

• Yes
• No
• Mabye
• Sometimes

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroid
• comet

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

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

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

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

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

• are made of rock
• come from the Asteroid Belt
• come from the Oort Cloud
• orbit the sun

When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a:

• Pothole 
• Crater
• Canyon
• Plateau

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What is a meteor called when it's in space?

• meteroid
• meteor
• meteorite