Activity 1: Comet, Meteor, or Asteroid

Write C if the statement describes a comet, write M if the statement describes a meteor, and write A if the statement describes an asteroid.

1. It originates in Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud.

2. It originates in the main asteroid belt.

3. It is made up of frozen gases, rocks, and dust.

4. It is made up of dust and rock that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

5. Smaller pieces of rock broken from this object become meteoroids.

6. Its orbit is more rounded and less elliptical.

7. People think that it is a shooting or falling star.

8. Rocky, airless worlds that orbit our Sun and are not large enough to have the gravity pull them into a round shape.

9. It is an icy rock.

10. Rocks that fail to become planets.​