Comet vs Asteroid
What is a comet?
A comet is a small solar system body with a coma and tail.
What is a meteorite?
A former meteroid that hits the earth's surface.
What is an eclipse?
An obscuring of light caused by the passage of one object between a source of light and another object.
How long does it take light from the sun to travel to earth?
8 minutes
What is an asteroid?
A small rocky body that orbits the sun.
What is a meteor?
The visible path of a meteoroid that enters the earth's atmosphere. AKA falling stars.
How does a solar eclipse occur?
When the moon moves between the sun and the earth, partially or fully blocking the sun.
How fast does light travel?
186,000 miles per second
What is a coma?
A coma is a thin, fuzzy atmosphere that surrounds the center of the comet.
What is a meteoroid?
A small body made up of dush or debris that travels through the space vacuum.
How does a lunar eclipse occur?
When the earth moves between the sun and the moon.
What is a black hole?
-Has extremely strong gravitational pull.
-Can be tiny to huge.
What is a tail (referring to comets and asteroids)?
The trail of gas and dust that a comet leaves behind as it passes through the solar system.
What is a meteor shower?
A large number of meteors that come from a particular region of the sky. Meteor showers occur when the earth passes through a region of space debris, such as dust particles left from a comet's trail.
No, there is a path that it is a full eclipse, but most places it is only partial.
What is the difference between a dwarf planet and one of the nine planets of our solar system?
A dwarf planet is not able to sweep up or expel debris from its orbital path.
What are two differences between comet and asteroids?
-Comets have a coma and tail and asteroids do not.
-Asteroids are typically in the asteroid belt.
-Comets are made of ice and dust and asteroids are made of rock.
What is a crater?
Craters are bowl-shaped depressions in the ground caused by the high velocity impact of a meteorite or asteroid.
What are the three ways a moon can form?
1) A moon forms from the left overs of a planet.
2) An asteroid becomes a moon.
3) Parts of a planet break off and form a moon.