Asteroids, Comets & Meteors

What are meteors sometimes called?

• shooting stars
• moons
• cows
• frorgs

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite
• meteroid
• meteor

Is a meteor a asteroid

• Yes
• No

What are meteors made of?

• chunks of rocks and minerals
• fish
• butterfly wings
• chewing gum

Are meteors bigger than asteroids?

• Yes
• No
• Mabye
• Sometimes

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroid
• comet

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called:

• The Kupier Belt
• The Oort Cloud
• The Planetary Rings
• The Asteroid Belt

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

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:

• Comets
• Meteors
• Asteroids
• Meteroids