Comets, Meteors and Asteroids foldable 6.8 Space Science
Label and color your 3 doors Fold your paper hamburger style Cut and label THREE doors, so you will make two lines. Try to make them as even as possible. 1. Comet 2. Asteroid 3. Meteor
Comets Comets Primarily made of ice, rock and dust “dirty snowball” Tail points away from the Sun. Caused by Solar radiation. “Haley’s comet” every 76 years
Asteroid Belt lies between Mars and Jupiter Small, irregularly shaped rocky objects Orbit the sun Made of different things: Metal, rock, ice, dust Some have their own moons
Meteor Meteoroid- Small rocky body that travels through space Meteor- bright streak caused by friction of earth atmosphere ex: “meteor shower” Meteorite- meteoroid that reaches earths surface without burning up, can create craters - lethal