Asteroids
What is an asteroid?
small objects that orbit the Sun.
What are the planets closes to the sun called?
Four planets closet to the sun
Inner Planets
Small, rocky, metallic, objects that come from asteroids or comets are called?
Meteoroids
Where are asteroids located in our solar system
Between Jupiter and Mars
What are the terrestrial planets described as?
Small, hard, rocky surfaces,
What is the farthest planet from the sun
Neptune
Why makes a meteoroid a meteor
It enters Earths atmosphere and glows
What is the space between Jupiter and Mars known as?
Asteroid Belt.
What are the outer planets called.
Gas Giants
What are small objects called that aren't asteroids or big enough to be planets.
Dwarf Planets
What are bowl shape holes on Earth is that cam from a meteorite
Craters
What is a comet made out of?
Made of dust, small rocks, ice, and frozen gases
Name the planets from closets to farthest from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
What planet takes the least amount of time to rotate once around the sun Neptune, Mars, Earth
Earth
What makes a meteor a meterorite?
A meteor hits Earths surface
What is the orbit shape of a comet like?
elliptical
What are three differences about Gas Giants compared to terrestrial planets
Gas Giants have more moon, larger, have rings.
Two facts about Jupiter
I will check. Rings, large, made of gas
What is a meteoroid call that floats in space