asteroids

Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the sun in the whole solar system.

• False, asteroids do not orbit the sun.

• False, there is a separate designation for bodies past Jupiter.

• True, asteroids are found throughout the solar system.

• True, asteroids are man made.

Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the sun in the whole solar system.

• False, asteroids do not orbit the sun.

• False, there is a separate designation for bodies past Jupiter.

• True, asteroids are found throughout the solar system.

• True, asteroids are man made.

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

• color

• size

• location

• texture

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

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