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    This document compares and contrasts comets, asteroids, and meteors. It discusses that comets are composed of dust, rock, and frozen gases that form a tail when near the sun. Asteroids are located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and are made of similar material to planets. Meteoroids are pieces of comets or asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere and are called meteors, and those that reach the ground are meteorites. The document provides diagrams and activities to help distinguish these different heavenly bodies.

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    This document compares and contrasts comets, asteroids, and meteors. It discusses that comets are composed of dust, rock, and frozen gases that form a tail when near the sun. Asteroids are located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and are made of similar material to planets. Meteoroids are pieces of comets or asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere and are called meteors, and those that reach the ground are meteorites. The document provides diagrams and activities to help distinguish these different heavenly bodies.

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    This document compares and contrasts comets, asteroids, and meteors. It discusses that comets are composed of dust, rock, and frozen gases that form a tail when near the sun. Asteroids are located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and are made of similar material to planets. Meteoroids are pieces of comets or asteroids that enter Earth's atmosphere and are called meteors, and those that reach the ground are meteorites. The document provides diagrams and activities to help distinguish these different heavenly bodies.

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    COMETS,

    ASTEROIDS, AND
    METEORS
    SABLAY
    A PPT DISCUSSION UNDER
    LEARNING MODULE
    S8ES-IIg-22

    LEARNING
    OBJECTIVE:
    • Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids

    Performance
    Standard
    discuss whether or not beliefs and practices about comets and
    meteors have scientific basis
    2
    Comet, Meteor or Asteroid?
    Explain how you know.
    Comets
    • Comets are composed of
    dust and rock mixed with
    frozen water, methane, and
    ammonia
    • Comets are considered to
    be like a large, dirty
    snowball
    • Comets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits

    • When a comet nears the sun, some of it melts and forms a


    long tail (gases in the comet are vaporized by the sun)

    • When a comet moves farther away from the sun, the tail
    disappears
    • After a comet has passed close to the Sun many
    times, it breaks apart. The small pieces from the
    comet spread out.
    • These pieces of dust and rock, along with those
    coming from other sources, are called Meteoroids.
    You may have noticed that in the last slide we used the term
    Meteoroids to describe objects in the sky, but your essential
    question and the standard say Meteor.

    What’s the difference?


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    Meteoroid, Meteor,
    Meteorite?
    The difference is just based on
    where the rock is located when
    you are describing it.
    Meteoroid is a “space rock” that is still in
    space

    Meteor is a meteoroid that burns


    up in the earth’s atmosphere
    (Shooting Star)

    Meteorite is a meteoroid that


    hits
    the earth’s surface
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    A Meteor is considered harmless
    even though it can be viewed from
    earth at times.
    Aste ro i ds

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    ASTER
    OID
    • A piece of rock similar to the material
    formed into planets.
    • An Asteroid is smaller than a
    planet but larger than a meteoroid

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    • Most asteroids are located in an area
    between the orbits of Mars and
    Jupiter called the Asteroid Belt.
    • Why are they located there?
    • The gravity of Jupiter might have
    kept a planet from forming in the area
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    Directions: Read and analyze the statements carefully. Encircle
    the appropriate heavenly body that corresponds to the
    following statements. (15 POINTS)
    Characteristics Heavenly Bodies

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    Objects in Space Organizer
    Directions. Fill in the missing portions of the organizer (please see
    attachment on the next slide) by putting the following data below. You may
    provide another sheet of slide or MS Word to accomplish this activity. (10
    POINTS)

    Come Meteoroi Asteroid A fragment coming


    t d from the composition
    Meteo of comets
    r A large, solid rock
    Meteorite that can be found This is also known as
    between the two shooting star because this
    planets, Jupiter and rock from the outer space is
    A meteoroid that has
    Mars burned up due to Earth’s
    landed on Earth’s 18
    Objects in Space

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    Suggested
    Videos
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemP1zQ2Vko

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitWHxuwHDw

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq08aYq3FAg

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