Comets Meteor and Asteroids

These are mainly found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

They are sometimes called shooting stars

• interplanetary dust
• asteroids
• comets
• meteors

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet

We are composed mainly of rock.

• comets and stars

• stars and meteors

• asteroid and meteoroids

• comets and asteroid

In the diagram, which part of the comet is C pointing to?

• Coma

• Nucleus

• Tail

When a meteoroid begins to enter Earth's atmosphere it begins to burn up.  What force causes this?

• Gravity
• Friction
• EM Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Meteorites...

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor

• moon

• asteroid

• comet

Which object in space is larger?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do comets, asteroids and meteors all have in common?

• They all are made of ice
• They all hit Earth's surface
• They all orbit the sun
• They have nothing in common