Solar System

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

• color

• size

• location

• texture

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

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 comet...

• icy small body with a tail

• chunky rock

• rock moving body

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

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

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?

• Heat from the Sun
• Heat from Earth's atmosphere
• They are already so hot that our atmosphere can't handle it
• Friction from the Earth's atmosphere

What is the force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them?

• Orbit

• Gravitational pull

• Torque

• Friction

What are the 3 parts of a comet?

• head, body, tails

• nucleus, coma, tails

• nucleus, protons, electrons

• head, coma, tails