Asteroids, Meteors, Comets

Where are Asteroids found in the Solar System?

• Between Earth and Mars

• In the Oort Cloud beyond Neptune

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Close to the Sun

Where do most comets come from?

• In the Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud beyond Neptune's orbit

• In the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter

• Near the Sun

• Earth's atmosphere

Meteorites...

•  hit the ground

• burn up completely in the atmosphere

• debris from asteroids/comets that float around in space

After orbiting the sun frequently Comets break into:

• meteors

• meteoroids

• meteorites

Asteroids are found in the region called the what?

• Earth's atmosphere

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Oort Cloud

The asteroid belt is between what 2 planets?

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Earth

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A comet forms a tail when

• It gets close to the sun and it begins to melt

• It is deeper in outer space and it begins to melt

A _____ bursts through Earth's atmosphere at fast speeds and appears as a "shooting star"

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

Select the 3 materials a comet is composed (made) of

• Dust

• Heat

• Small rocky particles

• Ice

Planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids all stay in orbit around the sun due to the sun's strong force of

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4