Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

A chunk of rock that is not burned up by the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

A chunk of rock or dust in space that comes from an asteroid or comet.

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

A chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse

• Meteoroid

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteor

Chunks of ice and dust who orbits are usually a long, narrow ellipse.

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

The asteroid belt passes between the orbits of which two planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

A streak of light in our atmosphere is a _____________________.

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Falling/Shooting Star

Which objects are smallest?

• Meteoroids

• Asteroids

• Comets

Which object is like a "dirty snowball" about the size of a mountain?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteoroid

Which is found in the belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteors

• Stars

A meteorite is DIFFERENT from a comet mainly because

• has a tail of ice and gas

• is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars

• enters the Earth's atmoshere

• has a nucleus made of rock and snow.