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a mass of stone or metal that enters the earth's atmosphere from space and glows as it falls through the atmosphere; a shooting star
a) meteor
b) meteoroid
c) meteorite
d) asteroid

a large, brilliant meteor
a) fireball
b) bolide
c) coma
d) asteroid

a large meteor that explodes into many smaller ones
a) bolide
b) fireball
c) asteroid
d) comet

enter the earth's orbit from random directions and visible at any time of the year
a) sporadic meteors
b) shower meteors
c) periodic comet
d) minor planet

enter the earth's atmosphere from an orbit that intersects the eath's orbit
a) shower meteors
b) sporadic meteors
c) asteroid
d) comet

another name for a meteor
a) shooting star
b) asteroid
c) comet
d) minor planet

the path pf a comet that only passes around the sun once
a) parabolic orbit
b) sporadic
c) periodic
d) shower

a mass of stone or metal that orbits the sun and which can become a meteor if it enters the earth's atmosphere
a) meteoroid
b) meteorite
c) meteor
d) asteroid

a comet that keeps returning because of an elliptical orbit
a) periodic
b) asteroid
c) parabolic
d) sporadic

the dust pushed away from a comet in a curved stream by the pressure of sunlight
a) type II tail
b) type 1 tail
c) meteoroid
d) meteorite

the gas pushed away from a comet in a nearly straight stream by the solar wind
a) type I tail
b) type II tail
c) meteoroid
d) meteorite

the region of glowing gas that surrounds the nucleus of a comet
a) coma
b) bolide
c) fireball
d) head

the long streamer behind the head of a comet
a) tail
b) shooting star
c) asteroid
d) bolide

the relatively dense central part of a comet's head
a) nucleus
b) bolide
c) coma
d) fireball

the nucleus and coma of a comet
a) head
b) tail
c) bolide
d) fireball

a small body of rock and ice with a very eccentric orbit around the sun
a) comet
b) meteor
c) asteroid
d) minor planet

asteroid
a) minor planet
b) comet
c) meteoroid
d) meteorite

a group of asteroids not located in the orbit between Mars and Jupiter
a) minor planet family
b) parabolic
c) Leonids
d) Perseids

starlike object
a) asteroid
b) comet
c) meteoroid
d) meteorite

enters the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground
a) meteorite
b) meteor
c) meteoroid
d) asteroid

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