1. Rebecca Torres By: and Melinda Stretz

2.  water, ice and hydrated minerals such as carbonates and clays.  http://www.chacha.com/question/what-are-surface-conditions-like-in-the-asteroid-belt http://www.chacha.com/question/what-are-surface-conditions-like-in-the-asteroid-belt

3.  251 million miles from the sun!

4.  Asteroids are also known as planetoids or minor planets.  Asteroids are similar to comets but do not have a visible coma (fuzzy outline and tail) like comets do.  The asteroid belt lies roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the Solar System.  Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid.  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/asteroids.html http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/asteroids.html

5. game:  http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth/ http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth/ Pictures:  http://www.black-cat- studios.com/catalog/asteroids.html http://www.black-cat- studios.com/catalog/asteroids.html Video:  http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?N tt=asteroids http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?N tt=asteroids