Comets Asteroids and Meteoroids

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

• color

• size

• location

• texture

Choose the best description for a meteoroid...

• -burns up while entering earths atmosphere

• -hits earth surface

• -still in space

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Choose the best description for a comet...

• icy small body with a tail

• chunky rock

• rock moving body

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

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Meteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large, rocky object orbiting the sun is called a...

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

Objects in space that are made of rock and have NO tail are called...

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteorite