Revision Worksheet 6.7

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

• Planets

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteorite

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Where is the Asteroid belt located?

• Between Earth and Mars

• Between Venus and Mars

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Mercury and Venus

Made of ice, dust and gas

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Appears as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Often called shooting stars.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

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

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• comet

• meteor

Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

• are made of rock

• come from the Asteroid Belt

• come from the Oort Cloud

• orbit the sun

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A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• a meteorite has a tail of ice and gas.

• a meteorite is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars.

• a meteorite enters the Earth's atmoshere.

• a meteorite is made of rock and snow.

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet belt

• Asteroid belt

• Meteor belt

• Stars

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