Solar System

How does a meteor compare to a meteorite? 

• A meteor is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
• A meteorite is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
• Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
• They are the same thing

Which of the following describes a Meteor?

• Found between Mars and Jupiter
• Orbit the sun like a planet
• Have an elliptical orbit of the sun
• Burn up as they enter the atmosphere

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball."

• Asteroid

• Star

• Meteor

• Comet

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

I am sometimes called a shooting star.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

I am located between Mars and Jupiter.

• Comet belt

• Asteroid belt

• Meteor belt

• Stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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I usually burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

Two factors effecting the magnitude of force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• weight and mass 
• distance and weight 
• mass and matter 
• mass and distance 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 

• True
• False 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4