Vocabulary #9

Vocabulary #9

1. comet: a ball of rock and ice  that orbits the sun 
2. S: Hayley is a comet.
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4. meteoroid: a small asteroid which may be far out inth solar system or close to the inner planets.
5. S:Meteorites can crash into earth.
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7. Meteor: ameteorite that enters earth atmosphere and burns with a streak of light.
8. S: We usualy see meteors as streaks of light.
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10. meteorite: any part of a meteoroid that reaches earth's surface
11. S: Meteorites are a mixture of rocks and metals.