Space Rocks

a small body of rock, ice and dust that orbits the sun in a highly elliptical path; “dirty snowball”

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A rocky body that produces a streak of light as it burns up in our atmosphere

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

a rocky body that moves through space and is smaller than an asteroid; comes from the Asteroid Belt

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is bigger than a meteoroid but smaller than a planet?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

The envelope of gases surrounding Earth

• Atmosphere

• Asteroid Belt

• Elliptical

• Orbit

A group of asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter; most asteroids come from here

• Asteroid Belt

• Solar System

• Rocky Planets

• Oort Cloud

A shape like an oval

• Elliptical

• Orbital

• Rotational

• Circular

a rocky body that moves through space and is smaller than an asteroid; comes from the Asteroid Belt

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Meteorite

The belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Comets
• Asteroids
• Meteors
• Stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3