Space Rocks

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

They are sometimes called shooting stars

• interplanetary dust
• asteroids
• comets
• meteors

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Select the pair of bodies which are LEAST alike in composition and size

• asteroid and meteor
• moon and comet
• earth and venus
• uranus and neptune

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• a meteorite has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• a meteorite enters the Earth's atmoshere

• a meteorite has a nucleus mad of rock and snow.

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun
• toward the Earth
• away from the Sun
• away from the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroid
• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteorite

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• meteroid
• meteor

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

• meteroid
• meteor
• meteorite