Directions: Identify the characteristic of asteroid, comet and meteor. Put an ”x” in the column.
CHARACTERISTIC ASTEROID COMET METEOR
Ball of frozen gases and dust
Rocky or metallic object
Form belt between Mars and jupiter
Orbits the sun
Appears as a streak in the sky
Most are found in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt
Often called “shooting star”
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Answer:
1. COMETS
2. ASTEROID
3. ASTEROID
4. ASTEROID
5. METEOR
6. METEOR/COMET
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