Asteroids, Meteors and Impacts

What's the difference between comets and asteroids?

• Asteroids are made of metal and rock, while Comets are ice and rock

• Asteroids are made of ice and rock, while Comets are made of metals and rock

• There is no difference

• Asteroids are made of stardust, while Comets are made up of water

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What's the difference between meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

• Meteoroids are small rocks, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is a meteor that has landed

• Meteoroids are huge, Meteors are the pieces that land, and Meteorites are shooting stars

• There are no differences

• Meteoroids are small, Meteors are another name for comets, and Meteorites are shooting stars

What is the composition of most comets?

• Rock, Ice, Salt

• Magma

• Ice, Dust, Rock, Frozen Gases

• Rock, Iron

What causes meteoroids to burst into flames upon entering the Earth's Atmosphere?

• They are made out of flammable materials

• They cannot handle the pressure of Earth

• They do not burst into flames, they only reflect the Sun's light

• Friction from the Earths atmosphere

What is the invisible force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them?

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Energy

• Force

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• enters the Earth's atmoshere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow.

I am sometimes called a shooting star.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

• star

We orbit the Sun.

• asteroid and comet

• comet and meteor

• asteroid and meteor

• meteor and meteorite

Which object is NOT made mostly of rock and/or metal?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

The asteroid belt is located between which 2 planets?

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3