Comets Meteors and Asteroids

Most of these are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

It is considered harmless even though they can be observed from Earth.

• Comets

• Meteors

• Asteroids

Smaller pieces of rock broken from this object become meteoroids.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

It is made of ice, dust, and small rocky particles.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

It is rock made up of similar material that formed the planets.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

It is made up of dust and rock that burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

Its structure is considered to be like a large dirty snowball.

• Comet

• Meteor

• Asteroid

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

• enters the Earth's atmosphere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow

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

• Meteoroids are broken pieces of a comet, meteors are streaks of light in the sky, and a meteorite is the meteors 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 force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them?

• Orbit

• Gravitational pull

• Torque

• Friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4