Asteroids Comets and Meteors

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball."

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet

I originate beyond the outer plants, consist of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases.

• comet

• asteroid

• meteor

• star dust

We are composed mainly of rock and metal.

• comets and stars
• stars and meteors
• asteroid and meteors
• comets and asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

Ceres is...

• the largest asteroid in the Kuiper Belt.

• the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.

• an asteroid in the Oort cloud.

• a comet in the Oort cloud.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The tail of a comet usually faces

• toward the sun.

• toward the Earth.

• away from the Sun.

• away from the Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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 sometimes called a shooting star.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet belt

• Asteroid belt

• Meteor belt

• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

We appear as a streak in the sky.

• asteroid and comet

• comet and meteor

• asteroid and meteor