Meteors versus Comets
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Objective
I can describe the similarities and differences between meteors and comets.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Asteroids are the largest of the three space rocks and circle the Sun in an area between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt.
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Comets have an icy middle made up of water and gases that are frozen, mixed with bits of rock and metal, and are covered by a layer of black dust.
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Meteors begin as meteoroids, which are small pieces of rock or metal that break off a comet or an asteroid, and are sometimes called falling stars or shooting stars.
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Practice
9 questions
What are comets often called due to their composition?
Describe the appearance of a comet as it gets closer to the Sun.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe one way meteors and comets are similar and one way they are different, based on what you learned in the video.”
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