5th Grade Comets, Moons, Asteroids, Meteoroids

A natural satellite that orbits a planet

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Has no atmosphere

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Mars: Phobos and Deimos

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

ices will begin to heat up and turn into gases and plasma creating a tail

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Can be the size of a small town

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Small, rocky body orbiting the sun

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Ceres- almost big enough asteroid to be a dwarf planet

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mostly found in the Asteroid Belt

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Irregularly shaped (potatoes)

• Comet

• Moons

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3