Quizziz 56 ES

Between Mars and Jupiter there are tens of thousands of rocky or metallic iron objects flying around that occasionally collide, and could collide with the earth:

• Asteroid belt

• Constellation belt

• Planet belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Rocky or metallic iron objects ranging in size from millimeters to kilometers that generally float harmlessly in space are:

They are the larger pieces of space junk

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Asteroids are larger, rocky objects orbiting the sun, while meteors are smaller pieces of space debris, often asteroids or comets, that burn up upon entering Earth's atmosphere

Which do you think a shooting star is:

• Asteroid

• Satellite

• Meteoroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Any object, either natural or artificial, that orbits a larger celestial body, like a planet or star.

The moon orbits the earth, so the moon is considered a:

• Satellite

• Meteorite

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Place the order of Meteors as they leave space and hit the earth

• Meteoroid

  small rocky object that travels in space

• Meteor

  enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up

  Shooting star

• Meteorite

  doesn't completely burn up and part hits the earth

Why do comets develop a visible tail when they get close to the sun?

• They are made up of ice, dust and frozen gases that melts as it gets close to the sun

• They are composed of rock and metal that melts as it gets close to the sun.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1