Meteors
meteor vs meteorite
general information
Interesting Facts
100

Space rocks that have been broken off of larger celestial bodies into smaller pieces and reach the earth atmopshere

A meteor

100

A …………. can form craters when they hit earth surface

meteorite

200

what causes tides?

The moon's gravitational pulll

300

A meteor is burnt up in the ………………..

atmosphere

300

The …………….. crater is a type of crater formed by meteorites only

impact

300

The larger the meteorite the bigger the ……………. formed

crater

300

The greater the mass of an object the less the gravitational force 

( true or false)

False

400

What causes  the meteor to reach the earth atmopshere?

Earth gravitational pull

400

The largest crater in Arizona is called 

Barringer crater

400

The sun has the strongest gravitational pull ?(true/false)

true

500

How does a meteor appear in the sky?

it appears as a bright streak of light

500

The imaginery line where earth orbits around the sun is called --------

axis