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19-5 Comets Asteroids & Meteor
comets, asteroids & meteors
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Science
6th Grade
04/30/2009

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What are comets?
Definition
Comets are chunks of ice and dust whose orbits are usually very long and narrow.
Term
What are the 3 main parts of a comet?
Definition
1. nucleus
2. coma
3. tail
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How does the comet's tail form?
Definition
a comet's tail forms when the comet gets close enough to the sun that the heat turns the ice into gas forming dust (solar wind pushes the gas away from the sun)
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Where is the asteroid belt located.
Definition
Most asteroids revolve around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Term
What is a streak of light caused by the burning of a meteoroid in the atmosphere?
Definition
Meteoror
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What is a chunk of rock or dust in space?
Definition
meteoroid
Term
What is a meteoroid that has passed through the atmosphere and hit Earth's surface?
Definition
meteorite
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Where do meteoroids come from?
Definition
they are chunks of asteroids or comets.
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