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Asteroids, Meteoroids and Comets

Meteoroid, asteroids, and comets are space rocks that orbit the Sun. Meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up, creating meteors. Those that survive entry and hit the ground are meteorites. Asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comets originate from the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud and have icy tails formed by solar wind as they approach the Sun.

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Asteroids, Meteoroids and Comets

Meteoroid, asteroids, and comets are space rocks that orbit the Sun. Meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up, creating meteors. Those that survive entry and hit the ground are meteorites. Asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comets originate from the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud and have icy tails formed by solar wind as they approach the Sun.

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Chapter 13 Meteoroid, Asteroid, Comet

1. Meteoroid is space rock.


2. Meteor is space rock that enter the ___________________ and burns due to friction
against air molecules.
 Meteor rain or meteor shower happens when many meteors enter the Earth at
one time.
3. Meteorite is space rock that does not completely burn up in the atmosphere and hit
the __________________

Characteristics of meteoroids
a) made up of ____________ and ____________
b) originates from debris or fragments of ______________ and ____________
c) various size : __________________________
d) surface temperature at outer space: _____________
e) orbit around the __________
f) move freely in space and influenced by ____________ of other planets due to smaller
size and mass.
g) travel at varying _________, fastest movement is 42kms -1
Chapter 13 Meteoroid, Asteroid, Comet
Characteristics of asteroids

a) made up of ____________ and ____________


b) also known as small ______________
c) originates from asteroid belts between the planets __________ and _____________
d) some asteroids orbit that are outside of the asteroid belts are such as ________, Amor
and Aten
e) various size : 1 m to ___________
f) cold surface temperature : _____________
g) orbit around the __________
h) move freely in space and influenced by ____________ of other planets
i) travel at average speed of is 25kms-1
j) the largest asteroids such as ______________ and _______________
k) collision can happen between asteroids and the Earth

Characteristics of comets

a) made up of mixture of __________, ____________ and frozen_____________


b) travel around the Sun at its own _____________of an elliptical shape
c) most of the comets originate from the ________________ belt (in the outer solar
system) and Oort Cloud
d) consists of two main parts, a __________ and a ___________
e) the _________ part can reach 250 000 km whereas the _________ part can reach
150 000 000 km
f) when comet comes closer to the Sun, it ___________ and release gas into a glowing
head
g) the tail gets longer as it is closer to the Sun
h) the tail always point away from the Sun because the _________________blows from
the Sun
Chapter 13 Meteoroid, Asteroid, Comet
Celestial bodies Meaning
Rock and metal fragments that float and move around the Sun
Large rocks and metals that surround the Sun in its own orbit
Meteoroid that enters the atmosphere of the Earth
Celestial bodies made up of water and gas that freeze into ice,
dust and rock that move around the Sun in their own orbits
Meteor that has not completely burnt out and falls to the surface
of the Earth

1. Give two differences between an asteroid and meteoroid.


______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

2. Explain how a meteoroid moves around the Sun.


______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

3. Why does the surface of the Moon have more craters compared to the surface of the Earth?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

4. Give two asteroid located outside the asteroid belt.


______________________________________________________________________________

5. Explain techniques used to deflect asteroid.


______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

6. Fill in the blanks about movement of meteoroid

When a meteoroid passes through Earth's ________________, it heats up due to air


________________. The heat causes ____________ around the meteoroid to glow brightly.
This glowing meteoroid is called a meteor, sometimes nicknamed ____________________
.Most meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere __________________ before they reach the
ground. Usually, meteors will ______________ before they reach the Earth. However there are
meteors that hit the Earth, these are known as __________________. ____________ will form
as a result of meteorite impact.

State whether the following statements are True or False


Chapter 13 Meteoroid, Asteroid, Comet
1 Space bodies that enter the earth’s atmosphere is known as the meteoroids
2 Most comets comes from the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt
3 Meteoroid is also known as planetoid
4 Meteorites are celestial bodies that can be seen on Earth
5 A comet that is out of its orbit has a risk of colliding with the Earth
6 The tail of a comet is always away from the Sun due to solar wind
7 Asteroid is smaller than meteoroid
8 Comets travel around the Sun in elliptical orbit
9 Comets comprises mainly rocks and metal
10 Asteroid belt located between the orbits of Venus and Earth

Write the terminology for the following statement.

No. Explanation Terminology


1 Most comets originate from this belt
2 This object is made up mostly of gas and water that freeze into ice
3 This activity in the Sun causes the tail of the comet is always point

away from the Sun


4 The object is also known as a small planet or planetoid
5 This object originates from asteroids and comets
6 Planet that is close to the asteroid belt
7 Also known as falling or shooting star
8 Space rock that most likely found in museum or planetarium
9 One of the biggest asteroids from asteroid belt in the solar system
10 Name of the asteroid orbit outside the asteroid belt

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