A presentation about the differences among meteor, meteoroid and meteorites.

1. Super Yano

2. Super Yano

3. Identify the pictures on
the screen by
rearranging the shapes
that correspond with
each word.

4. The group with the
highest score and most
behaved wins the
game.

5. Karate
Mixed
Martial
Arts Boxing

6. Karate
Mixed
Martial
Arts
Boxing

7. Boat Cruiser Ship

8. BoatCruiser Ship

9. Rugby Football
Soccer

10. RugbyFootball
Soccer

11. Meteorite Meteoroid
Meteor

12. Meteorite Meteoroid
Meteor

14. Eula:It’s a comet.
Lucy: It’s a
shooting star.
Harris: It’s a
meteor.
Kenneth: It’s a
meteorite.

16. Have you ever seen a shooting
star in the night sky? Can you describe
what you saw?
• It appears as an object with a tail .
• It travels quickly and appears to
fall on the ground.

17. A shooting
star is another
name for a
meteor. But
the truth is: a
meteor is not a
star at all.

18. What is a meteor?

19. A meteor is a
light phenomenon
or a streak of light
that occurs when a
meteoroid burns
up as it enters
Earth’s
atmosphere.

20. What is a
meteoroid? Where
do you think they
come from?

21. Meteoroid is a broken up rock
and dust from either a comet,
asteroid, the Moon or from Mars.

22. What causes a meteor?

23. When a meteoroid enters
Earth’s atmosphere, the air in
front of the meteoroid heats
up, causing materials to burn
up.

24. How can you differentiate
a meteor from a comet
when viewed from Earth?

25. What differentiates the two
when we see them in the sky is that
a comet moves slowly and appears
in the sky for a longer time.

26. A meteor moves swiftly and
seems to fall on the ground. It
“shoots” from a point in the sky,
making people think that it is a
shooting or falling star.

27. What is a meteorite?

28. A meteoroid
usually all burns up
when it enters
Earth’s
atmosphere.

29. But when a
fragment from the
meteoroid survives
and makes it to the
ground, this space
rock fragment is
now called a
meteorite.

30. Differentiate meteoroid from
meteor and meteorite:
Meteoroid Meteor Meteorite

31. What happens as a
fragment from an
asteroid or comet enters
our atmosphere?

34. Show where a meteoroid,
meteor, and meteorite are most
likely to be found in the diagram.
Use the following symbols for
each:
meteor
meteoroid
meteorite Meteorite
Meteor
Meteoroid

35. Meteor
Meteoroid
Meteorite
Outer Space
Atmosphere
Crust

37. Super Yano

38. Daily Checkup!
1. A light phenomenon observed when
a meteoroid passes through the
atmosphere.
2. A fragment from a comet, an
asteroid, Moon, or even Mars that
orbits around the Sun.

39. Daily Checkup!
3-4. When a meteoroid enters the
atmosphere, it usually ______ and the
fragment that survives and reaches the
ground is called _______.
5. (True or False)A meteor moves more
swiftly compared to a comet.

40. Assignment
Research on the Internet or
interview your relatives about their
superstitious beliefs about comets,
asteroids and meteors, write your
answers on a one half crosswise sheet
of paper.