5th Grade What are asteroids, meteors, comets, moons? Chapter 6 Lesson 5 Mrs. Kare Soileau

Which object in space is NOT made of rock and metal/iron?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Asteroids are found in a region called the

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Earth's surface

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Why does a comet's tail always point AWAY from the sun?

• Because the sun gives off a strong solar wind blowing the tail away

• The comets tail is being pulled by a gravitational force

• A comets tail always points towards the sun

• Because water is melting away from the comet

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

• They are all made of rock/iron

• They are all made of ice and dust

• They all orbit the sun

• They are all found in the asteroid belt

A small rock in space that is orbiting the sun. This object is similar to an asteroid, but it is smaller in size. It will become a meteor once it enters Earth's atmosphere

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• moon

A _____________ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

• Meteorite

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

• asteroid

A meteor that does not burn up in Earth's atmosphere and reaches Earth's surface

• Meteorite

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• asteroid

What do comets orbit?

• The stars

• The planets

• The Sun

• The moons

Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• meteorite