comets, asteroids, meteroids

what makes a meteoroid, meteor, and a meteorite different? (best answer)

• color

• size

• location

• texture

choose the best description for a meteoroid...

• -burns up while entering earths atmosphere

• -hits earth surface

• -still in space

choose the best description for a meteor

• -still in space

• -burns up in earths atmosphere

• -hits earth surface

choose the best description for a meteorite

• -still in space

• -burns up in earth's atmosphere

• -hits earth surface

which planet is the asteroid belt close to?

• neptune

• jupiter

• earth

choose the best description for a comet

• icy small body with a tail

• chunky rock

• rock moving body

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

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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

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

We often see these objects appear as "shooting stars" or streak of light in the sky. They are "smaller" pieces of rock that are burning in our atmosphere.

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Meteroids

• Comets

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids