Vocabulary Between the Orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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Asteroid | A piece of rock and metal that orbits the sun.
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Satellite | A body in space that orbits a larger body.
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Meteor | A piece of rock, smaller than an asteroid, that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up.
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Comet | A ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases that orbit the sun.
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Asteroids are... | Rocky, airless worlds, that orbit our sun, but are too small to be called planets. Gathered in main belt between orbits of Mars and Jupiter; orbit sun in region between Mars and Jupiter called a[n] [Asteroid] Belt.
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Asteroids are? | Solid, rocky irregular bodies; don't have atmospheres, and cannot support life as we know it.
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