Asteroids, Meteoroids, and Comets

Made of ice, dust and gas

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Often called shooting stars.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

made of ice and sometimes called "dirty snowballs".

• asteoids
• meteoroids
• comets
• meteors

Ceres is the largest one of these. 

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Piece of rock that burns up as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

The asteroid belt is located___

• between Mercury and Venus

• between Earth and Mars

• Between Mars and Jupiter

Choose the objects that orbit the sun

• asteroids

• meteoroids

• comets

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Halley is a___

• planet

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or false: Comets are made of mostly rock and metal.

• true

• false