Meteors and Meteoroids

Meteor showers result from dust trails left by ______________.

• The Moon

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

Meteor showers happen when the earth

• meets a comet's orbit

• is hit by multiple asteroids

• attracts cosmic dust

• goes behind the moon

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
• metoer

A piece of metal or rock that is floating around outside of Earth's atmosphere...

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Gives off its own light...

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

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