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Space Rocks

Space Rocks

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6th Grade

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12 Slides • 41 Questions

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Space Rocks


5e. Ask question to compare and contrast the characteristics, composition, and location of comets, asteroid, and meteoroids


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Space Rocks

Our Solar System consists of various celestial bodies, such as comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.  



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Comets

  • A comet is a small, frozen mass of dust and ice that travels in elongated, elliptical orbits close to the sun, where they form a tail of gas particles pointing away from the sun.


5

Multiple Choice

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
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meteor
2
meteorite
3
asteroid
4
comet

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Multiple Choice

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
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meteorite
2
meteroid
3
meteor

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Multiple Choice

Which of these can become a shooting star?

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Asteroids

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Comets

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Meteroids

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Planets

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Multiple Choice

What are asteroids made of?
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Rock, and metal
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Rock, metal, and other elements
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Rock,and Iron

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Multiple Choice

where are asteroids found?
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between earth and venus
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between Jupiter and Saturn
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between Saturn and Uranus
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between Mars and Jupiter

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Multiple Choice

Which space object is larger?
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Asteroid
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Meteor
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Meteorite

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Multiple Choice

What is a meteor called when it's in space?
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meteroid
2
meteor
3
meteorite

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Multiple Choice

These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed, "dirty snowballs."
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Comets
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Asteroids
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Meteors
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Meteroids

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Multiple Choice

Huge chunks of rock and metal (some measuring miles wide) and are believed to be left-over pieces of planets and moons are called:
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Comets
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Meteors
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Asteroids
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Meteroids

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Multiple Choice

One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:
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are made of rock
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come from the Asteroid Belt
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come from the Oort Cloud
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orbit the sun

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Multiple Choice

Are meteors bigger than asteroids?
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Yes
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No
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Mabye
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Sometimes

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Multiple Choice

What are meteors made of?
1
chunks of rocks and minerals
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fish
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butterfly wings
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chewing gum

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Multiple Choice

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?
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meteorite
2
meteroid
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meteor

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Multiple Choice

What are meteors sometimes called?
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shooting stars
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moons
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cows
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frorgs

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Multiple Choice

I am a rock entering a planet's atmosphere.
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meteor
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meteorite
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asteroid
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comet

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Multiple Choice

Sometimes I am called a "dirty snowball". I have a hydrogen cloud, coma, and a nucleus. I am invisible except when near the sun. What am I?
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Asteroid
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Star
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Meteor
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Comet

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Multiple Choice

They are sometimes called shooting stars
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interplanetary dust
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asteroids
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comets
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meteors

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Multiple Choice

The belt between Mars and Jupiter
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Comets
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Asteroids
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Meteors
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Stars

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Asteroid

  • Asteroids are large space rocks in orbit mainly between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt.  Meteoroids are space rocks smaller than asteroids. Tiny, pebble-sized pieces leave a fiery trail as they burn up upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere.


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Open Ended

Task 3: You have been selected by NASA to be a member of a Special Operations Team. Your first mission is to identify an unknown celestial body. You and your team are being sent to interview some of the witnesses who saw the unknown celestial body. Prior to your trip you must generate at least three questions to ask the witnesses prior to your arrival. Record your questions below.


Question 1:______________________________________________________________________


Question 2:______________________________________________________________________


Question 3:______________________________________________________________________

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Open Ended

Which space rock is made out of Ice?

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Open Ended

What is the key difference between a Meteoroid and Meteorite?

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Review Slides!


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Multiple Choice

What is inertia? 
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A force that attracts and repels objects. 
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An object in motion that was to stay in a straight path unless it is acted upon by another force. 
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A force that pulls objects "in" or together. 
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A force that is measured in Newtons. 

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Multiple Choice

What is gravity?
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A resistance to change. 
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A force that attracts and repels objects.
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A force that pulls objects "in" or together.
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A force that causes objects in motion to stay in motion. 

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Multiple Choice

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
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False
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True
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It depends

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Multiple Choice

The outer planets are...
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Rocky and small
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Very large and made of ice
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Small and made of ice
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Very large and made of gases

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Multiple Choice

The four inner planets are...
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Rocky and small
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Very large and made of ice
3
Small and made of ice
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Very large and made of gases

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Multiple Choice

What describes the earth going around the sun?
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rotation
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revolution

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Multiple Choice

Object orbiting another object. 
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revolution 
2
rotation

36

Multiple Choice

____ comes before Winter in the Southern hemisphere. 
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summer
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spring
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fall

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Multiple Choice

24 hours
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day
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night
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orbit
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tilt

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Multiple Choice

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What is this moon phase?
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This is the waxing crescent phase.
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This is the full moon phase.
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This is the waxing gibbous phase.
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This is the last quarter moon.

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Multiple Choice

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What moon phase is this picture?
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This is the waning crescent phase.
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This is the waxing gibbous phase.
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This is the waning gibbous phase.
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This is the new moon phase.

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Multiple Choice

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What moon phase is this picture?
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This is the full moon phase.
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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
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This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
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This is the first quarter moon phase.

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Multiple Choice

How does a meteor compare to a meteorite?
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A meteor is moving through the Earth's atmosphere and the meteorite actually lands on Earth
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A meteorite is moving through Earth's atmosphere and the meteor actually lands on Earth
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Meteors are made up of Carbon and meteorites are made of ice
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They are the same thing

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Multiple Choice

Meteors are often seen as what?
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Particles from space
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Fast moving streaks of light
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Stars

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Multiple Choice

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Asteroids and Comets orbit around...
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Their axis
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The Earth
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The Sun
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Each other

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Multiple Choice

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Where is the largest asteroid in our solar system located?
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In the Kuiper Belt
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Headed straight towards Earth!
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Orbiting the Sun in between Mars and Jupiter (in asteroid belt)
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In the Oort Cloud

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Multiple Choice

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A small space rock that makes it into Earth’s surface without burning up is called a ...
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Meteor
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Meteoroid
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Asteroid
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Meteorite

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Open Ended

Explain the Relationship between Gravity and Inertia?

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Open Ended

Which space rock is made out of Ice?

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Meteoroids

Meteoroids that have landed on Earth’s surface are called meteorites. Because comets, meteoroids and asteroids have smaller masses than planets and the Sun, their orbits are strongly influenced by the gravity of the planets as well as the Sun

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Meteoroid, Meteor, Meteorite

  • Meteoroid- In Space

  • Meteor- Earth Atmosphere

  • Meteorite- Hits the Earth Surface

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Open Ended

Compare and Contrast the difference between Meteoroid, Asteroid, and Comet.

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5e. Ask question to compare and contrast the characteristics, composition, and location of comets, asteroid, and meteoroids


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