Learning Task 1: Identify If The Statement Is True or False. Write Theircorresponding Numbers On The

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Learning Task 1: Identify if the statement is True or False.

Write theircorresponding numbers on the


TRUE or FALSE box below.

1. A comet is a ball of mostly iced that moves around in the outer space. TRUE
2. Comets are believed to be in long elliptical orbits. TRUE
3. Comets can come back into view from time to time.TRUE
4. Comets are same with meteors, FALSE
5. Asteroids orbit the sun.TRUE

Learning Task 2: Complete the following table. answer the questions below.

OBJECT DESCRIPTION LOCATION


COMET Comets are interstellar objects
Kuiper Belt, and orbits around the
that follows long, oval or elliptical orbits
around the Sun. They come from deep sun.
space, swing around the Sun and head
off again, to return years or centuries
later. It has three main parts,
The nucleus inside its head, the head,
and its Tails.
ASTEROID Asteroids are interstellar bodies that have Asteroid Belt, hover in space
dark surfaces, they are usually found in along with other asteroids in an
the region known as Asteroid belt. eliptical orbit around the sun.
Scientists think that asteroids are rich in
carbon. Other asteroid are thought to
be rocky and to have a core made of iron
or nickel.
METEOROID Meteoroids, are very small chunk or Floats in outer space and enters
rocks, remains of comets and debris from Earth's atmosphere, becoming a
outer space.
meteor shower on the process.
Learning Task 3 Read and understand the given information below. Fill out the Venn Diagram. Write your
answer on your answer sheet

ANSWER:

COMETS
* Have frozen ice gas and dust
* have long gas tail
* have long dust tail
* have a long ion tail
ASTERIODS
* Have no tail
* have no atmosphere
* also known as planetoids
* Ceres is the biggest
COMETS AND ASTERIODS
*Part of our solar system
* Surrounded by hydrogen cloud
* Orbit the Sun
Learning Task 4: Place a check mark in your answer sheet to incicate characteristics of asteroid, comets
and meteros

ANSWER:

METEOR

– appearing as a streak of light.

METEORITE

– part of it strikes the ground.

ELLIPTICAL ORBIT

– ellipse-shaped  orbit.

COMETS

– nucleus of ice and dust.

METEORS

– meteors  falling  in the  sky are called meteor  showers.

ASTEROIDS

– a small rocky body orbiting the  sun.

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