Comets, Asteroids, and Meteoroids

Made of ice, dust and gas

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Appears as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Found in the Oort Cloud

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Often called shooting stars.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteor

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
• metoer

Burns and vaporizes as it nears the sun.

• asteroid
• meteoroid
• comet
• meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Piece of a meteoroid that strikes the earth's surface

• comet
• asteroid
• meteor
• meteorite

Unlike asteroids, which are mostly rock, comets are a more balanced mixture of _____

• metal and ice
• rock and metal
• ice and rock
• rock and minerals