Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
100
Asteroids are small Solar System bodies that orbit this.
What is the sun?
100
True or False... A comet is a relatively small solar system body that orbits the Sun.
What is "True"?
100
A small rock or particle of debris in our solar system.
What is a meteoroid?
200
Asteroids are made of this.
What is rock and metal (they can also contain organic compounds)
200
Comets are made of these things.
What is ice, dust, and small rocky particles.
200
A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere.
What is a meteor.
300
The asteroid Belt is located here.
What is the area that lies roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the Solar System.
300
This comet can be seen with the naked eye from Earth every 75 to 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
300
A meteoroid that survives falling through the Earth’s atmosphere and colliding with the Earth’s surface.
What is a meteorite?
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