Inner/Outer Planets
Planets that are closer to the sun
What are Inner Planets
A meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere, and friction causes it to burn up and produce a streak of light
What is a meteor?
Small, rock bodies in orbits
What are Asteroids
The surface of the Earth is nearly covered with
What is Water
Chunks of ice and dust
What are comets
Planets that are farther away from the sun(Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto)
What are outer planets
Bits of rocks and ice from comets
What are meteors made of?
Most asteroids orbit between these planets
What is Mars and Jupiter
The composition of mars is
what are Mountains, craters, canyons and volcanoes
Always points away from the sun
what is the tail
Rotation is in the opposite direction from most other planets
What is Venus
The tail
How can you tell a meteor from a comet?
Time period Asteroids hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
What is 65 million years ago
Planet with the fastest spinning clouds
what is Jupiter
oort cloud/ clipper belt
where is a comet located
Axis of rotation lies nearly in the plane of its orbit causing extreme seasonal changes
What is Uranus
the solar system/asteroid belt
Where are meteors located?
Object that revolves around the sun, but its too small to be considered a planet
What is Asteroid
Surface of Uranus is heavly covered with is
What is ice gas
Located in the middle of the comet
what is the Nucleus
What object in the solar system has a composition similar to that of the gas giants
What is the sun
when the Earth, in its orbit around the sun, passes through debris left over from pieces of comets
How does a meteor shower occur?
Was believed to hit Earth that caused the extension of dinosaurs
What are asteroids
The atmosphere of mars consits of
What is carbon dioxide/ water vapor
A comet loses icy material each time it passes
what is the sun