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Quarter 2 - Module 6
Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
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Science – Grade 8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 6: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 2 - Module 6
Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
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 Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Comets, Asteroids
and Meteors.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator, in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints
in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners’ progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the
tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Science 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Comets, Asteroids
and Meteors!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

This will give you an idea of the skills or competencies

What I Need to Know
you are expected to learn in the module.

This part includes an activity that aims to check what

you already know about the lesson to take. If you get
What I Know
all the answers correct (100%), you may decide to skip
this module.

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 This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current
What’s In
lesson with the previous one.

In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you

What’s New in various ways; a story, a song, a poem, a problem
opener, an activity or a situation.
This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson.
What is It This aims to help you discover and understand new
concepts and skills.
This comprises activities for independent practice to
solidify your understanding and skills of the topic. You
What’s More
may check the answers to the exercises using the
Answer Key at the end of the module.
This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph
What I Have Learned to be filled in to process what you learned from the
lesson.
This section provides an activity which will help you
What I Can Do transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life
situations or concerns.

This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of

Assessment
mastery in achieving the learning competency.

In this portion, another activity will be given to you to

Additional Activity
enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.
The following are some reminders in using this module:
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included
in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult
your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know
This module encourages you to compare and contrast comets, asteroids
and meteors. Various activities are provided for you to perform to strengthen your
knowledge and skills regarding the topic.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. simulate how impact craters are formed when a comet or asteroid hits earth;
2. explain how meteoroid, meteor and meteorites are related; and
3. display scientific awareness on social issues related to comets, asteroids meteors
through differentiated instruction.

What I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer for each item on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. What do you call the near-Earth objects made of ice, gas and dust?
A. asteroids C. meteoroids
B. comets D. meteors

2. Which of the following best describes the material which makes up the nucleus of a
comet?
A. dirty ice C. metallic crystals
B. gaseous D. rocky

3. Which part of the comet is the only one that exists when the comet is far from the
Sun?
A. The coma.
B. The dust tail.
C. The ion tail.
D. The nucleus.

4. What is the Oort Cloud?

A. A cluster of asteroids.
B. A swarm of comets far from the Sun.
C. The cloud that a meteoroid produces in the atmosphere.
D. The same as the coma of the comet.

5. Why we do not see too many craters caused by meteorites hitting Earth’s surface?
A. Meteorites never reach the surface of the Earth.
B. Most of them fall into our ocean since 80% of Earth is made up of water.
C. Only tiny meteorites hit Earth causing tiny craters that we cannot always see.
D. There are no traces of meteorites that has been recorded on Earth.

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6. What is the term used when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere of the Earth?
A. asteroid C. meteoroid
B. comet D. meteor

7. When a meteor hits Earth’s surface, what is it called?

A. asteroid C. meteoroid
B. comet D. meteorite

8. What is a meteor called when it’s in space?

A. asteroid C. meteoroid
B. comet D. meteorite

9. Which of the following space objects is the largest in terms of its size?
A. asteroid C. comet
B. meteoroid D. meteorite

10. What do you call the huge chunks of rocks and metals which are believed to be
left-over pieces of planets and moons?
A. asteroids C. meteoroids
B. comets D. meteors

11. What is the difference between asteroids and planets?

A. Asteroids are able to hit Earth, and planets are not.
B. Planets are larger while asteroids are smaller.
C. Planets orbit around the Sun and asteroids do not.
D. Planets rotate at a speed much faster than asteroids.

12. What is actually a “shooting star”?

A. Asteroids passing close to Earth.
B. Comets streaking by Earth.
C. Meteoroids burning up in Earth’s Atmosphere.
D. Star revolving around the Sun.

13. What feature of the moon’s surface was most likely created by meteorites?
A. Its craters. C. Its Maria.
B. its dust. D. Its shape.

14. How do we know if a meteor has made contact with Earth’s atmosphere?
A. Humans on Earth die.
B. It burns up and becomes a “shooting star.”
C. Species like the dinosaurs die out.
D. We find space rock on the ground.

15. In the Philippines, how many meteorites were accepted internationally?

A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7

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 What’s In

You have studied earthquakes and typhoons in the past modules. Before we move
further, list down five things needed during emergency situations, as they call it survival bag.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Now are you ready to go beyond? Are you ready to explore the outer space? Buckle
up and prepare yourself for a fun-filled experiences right here in this module!

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 What’s New

Some said that it was an

impact crater caused by
Near-Earth Objects like
What happened in here, Comets and Asteroids.
father?

Would you like to learn more about Near-Earth Objects (NEO)? First, find at least 10
NEO related words from our Word Search Puzzle below. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

C O M E T N Q B M M 1. _______________

H K U I P E R A E E 2. _______________

A S T E R O I D T T 3. _______________

L B A F K P S Z E E 4. _______________

L C I G C O M A O O 5. _______________
E D L H L O T Y R R 6. _______________
Y E J I M R U X I S 7. _______________
A O R B I T V A T C 8. _______________
P A M P A N G A E D 9. _______________
A M E T E O R O I D 10. _______________

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 What is It

Comets

Hi! I’m Neo! I will be with you as you learn about

near-Earth objects. As a reward, I will be giving you a
badge everytime you surpass different challenges during
our space tour! There are three badges, collect all and
move on to the next module!
Astronomers used the term near-Earth objects
because gravitational attraction of nearby planets allows
space objects like comets, asteroids and meteoroids to
be near or even enter the Earth.
Comets are remnants from the formation of our
solar system 4.6 billion years ago. Remnants are part
that is left after the greater portion has been destroyed.
They have irregular shapes and vary in size.

1-10 Km

Figure 1. The diameter of the nucleus of a

comet and their irregular shapes
A comet has a nucleus with a diameter ranging from 1 to 10 Kilometers. It is about 800
times bigger than Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

Figure 2. The Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan

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 When a comet is far from the sun, the nucleus is frozen. This is why some called it
as dirty snowball. When it approaches near the Sun, its icy surface becomes too warm to
remain stable. As a result, part of it becomes gaseous and expands into space as coma and
tail. Some of the gases are ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide and other carbon containing
compounds. They may also contain elements like sodium and argon which is believed to
explain the very bright appearance of comets.

Nucleus

Tail

Coma

Figure 3. Parts Comet

of a comet
Planetary Scientists suspect that during Earth’s formation, it must have been too hot to
have liquid water on its surface. Since comets are composed of ice, it must have returned into
its liquid state after creating an impact on Earth. Upon studying the chemical composition of
the materials found in impact craters, scientist theorized that early impact of comets on Earth
brought liquid water to the planet.
Comets usually come from Oort Cloud which is beyond our solar system. Few others
originated from Kuiper Belt which is just beyond Neptune’s orbit. They are revolving in a highly
elliptical orbit around the sun in a period of 75 to 100,000 plus years.

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Kuiper Belt

Oort Cloud

Figure 4. Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud

Distances and sizes are not drawn to scale

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 Comets that come from Oort Cloud are referred to as long-period comets because the
duration of time to orbit the sun is really lengthy. On the other hand, comets originated from
Kuiper Belt are short-period comets as the time to orbit the sun is shorter.
One known comet in the 20th century is the Comet Halley, named after the English
Astronomer Edmond Halley who examined reports of a comet seen on Earth in 1531, 1607
and 1682. It turned out that these three comets were actually the same comet returning over
and over again. He also predicted that it would come again in 1758. He did not see the comet’s
return but his discovery led to the comet being named after him. His calculations showed that
some comets orbit the sun. In the case of Comet Halley, it takes 75-79 years to orbit the sun.
ACTIVITY 1
Characteristics of Comets
Directions: Complete the table below with characteristics of comets. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.

Characeristics of Comets

Origin

Shape

Size

Chemical Composition

Orbit

Orbital Period

Greetings to you child of Planet Earth!

Congratulations! Here is your first

badge for successfully accomplishing our
lesson about comets! keep up the good
work! Remember to take things slowly so
that learning can be fun and easy!

Your friend,
Neo

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 Asteroids

We will now be studying another near-Earth object, the asteroids, but wait, Neo is
trapped in a maze! Neo needs your assistance! Help Neo reach where the Asteroids are
located and you will unlock all the activities on this lesson. Good luck!

Thank you for helping Neo! Now, take your step towards understanding asteroids!
Enjoy!
Asteroids are termed by astronomers as Near-Earth Objects which are remnants from
the formation of our Solar System.
The table below summarizes the characteristics of asteroids.

Table 1. Characteristics of Asteroids

Characteristics of Asteroids
Origin Main Asteroid Belt
Shape Irregular
Size 1-100 km in diameter
Chemical Composition Silicates
Orbit Rounded
Orbital Period 1-100 years

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 Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

Main Asteroid Belt

1-100 Km Diameter

Figue 5. Main Asteroid Belt and the diameter

of the nucleus of an asteroid

ACTIVITY 2
Characteristics of Asteroids
Directions: Analyze the Table 1 that shows the characteristics of asteroid and Figure 5
which shows the main asteroid belt and the diameter of the nucleus of an asteroid to
complete the paragraph: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Asteroids originate from the 1.____________ between Mars and

Jupiter. This belt is theorized by scientists to be remnants of a planet that
did not completely form. In addition, asteroids are rocky fragments with
2.____________shapes and varied sizes with about 1-100 kilometers
in diameter. The presence of a mineral called 3.____________ like
olivine and pyroxene allows an asteroid to reflect light. They are also
made of the usual metals like iron and nickel. Scientists believe that
asteroids and our planet are essentially similar in composition therefore
studying asteroids can provide clues to discover more about the Earth
and other planets in the Solar System. Furthermore, asteroids follow
a 4.____________ orbit around the sun for about 5.____________
years. With this shorter time to orbit the sun, Asteroid 2012 DA14 made
a very close approach to Earth as it orbited the Sun. The closest any
asteroid has ever been to Earth.

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 Greetings to you child of Planet Earth!

Congratulations! Here is your second

badge for successfully accomplishing the
lesson about asteroids! keep up the good
work! Remember to inhale and keep
doing things at your own pace

Yours truly,
Neo

Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites

Congratulations you have reach our last lesson which will be about meteoroids,
meteors and meteorites! Are you excited? Let’s get started!

They say wishing on a shooting star will make your wish come true! Now, make a wish!
Whatever the wish your heart makes, remember to close your eyes and whisper the magic
words: star light, star bright, first star I see tonight...

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 Meteoroids are fragments of either a comet, asteroid, the
Moon, or from Mars. It can be as small as a grain or as big as a
boulder.

Figure 6. A meteoroid

Meteor is the term used for a light phenomenon caused by

a meteoroid as it burns up while entering the Earth’s atmosphere. It
burns up due to the collision of air particles. It is a fast-moving bright
object that appears to have a tail in the night sky.
Meteor seems to shoot from a point in the sky that’s why
some called it as “shooting star”. But a meteor is not a star. Others
also called it as “meteor shower” when there are many streaks of
light observed.
Figure 7. Meteor Shower

Meteorite is the fragment from meteoroids that survived and

made it into the Earth’s surface even after burning in the atmosphere.

Figure 8. A Meteorite

In the Philippines there are only five meteorites that have been accepted internationally.

Table 2. Meteorites found in the Philippines

Meteorite Year Place Discovered Chemical Composition

Pampanga 1859 Pampanga Iron, Nickel and silicates

Paitan 1910 Paitan, Ilocos Iron, Silicates (Olivine and Pyroxene)

Calivo 1916 Western Visayas Not yet determined

Pantar 1938 Central Mindanao Iron, Silicates (Olivine and Pyroxene)

Bondoc 1956 Southern Tagalog Iron, Nickel, Silicates (Olivine and

Pyroxene)

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ACTIVITY 3
Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites
Directions: Show where a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite are most likely to be found
in the diagram below. Use the following symbols for each: meteoroid; meteor; and
meteorite. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Outer Space

Earth’s Atmosphere

Earth’s Crust
Distances and sizes are not drawn to scale

LEARNING ACTIVITY 4
Impact Craters

Objectives:
After performing this activity, you should be able to
1. describe how impact craters are formed when a comet, asteroid or meteorite hits earth
based on a simulation; and
2. present observations on simulating a comet, asteroid or meteorite impact using drawings.

Material needed:
1 cup flour
1 rectangular container (aluminum
or plastic) Safety Tips:
Be responsible in
3 pebbles (small, medium and large) dealing with the
materials for this
pencil activity.

Procedures
1. Fill the rectangular tray with flour
more than half of the container.
2. Lay a piece of paper on a flat
surface and place the tray on top of the
paper.
3. Throw a pebble using a little force
to hit the flour in the tray. Do this three
times, hitting different parts of the flour
Figure 9. Safety Tips
in the tray.

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 4. Inside the box below, draw the shape of the “craters” made by the pebble on the flour
as viewed from the top and viewed from the side.

A. Viewed from the top B. Viewed from the side

6. Compare the shape of the pebble’s crater with the shape of the impact crater to the photo
shown below.

Figure 10. Impact crater caused by a space object

7. Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Question 1. What do you notice about the shape of your pebble’s crater and the
shape of the impact crater shown in the photo?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Question 2. What do you think happened to the plants and animals living in the area?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Question 3. As discussed, comets and asteroids orbit the sun, but it is theorized that
other planets in our solar system can influence and alter the orbital path of these
NEOs thus they come crushing towards Earth. With this, scientists are studying their
orbital periods and predict the likelihood of collision with earth. While comets and
asteroids have collided with Earth in the past, the frequency is very much longer than
a human lifetime, so there is no need to worry. Now, which is more likely to be a more
frequent “visitor” of earth: a comet or an asteroid? Why do you think so?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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 Greetings to you child of Planet Earth!

Congratulations! Here’s your third

badge which means you have completed
all three badges during our space tour.
You are now ready to take off and explore
more

Best regards,
Neo

What’s More
INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 1: Comets
Crossword Puzzle
Directions: Items under across are in horizontal position and numbered from 1 to 3.
Items under down are in vertical position and numbered from 4 to 5. Draw the puzzle and
write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

4 5

Across Down
1. The part of a comet which is made 4. The origin of comets beyond the
of gaseous compounds. Solar System.
2. The most famous comet in the 21st 5. The remnants from the formation of
century. our solar system.
3. It has a diameter of 1-10 Kilometers
system.

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INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 1: Comets
Fact or Bluff
Directions: Identify whether the given statements are correct or not. Write FACT if the
statement is correct and write BLUFF if the statement is incorrect. Then underline the word
which makes the statement wrong. Write each statement and your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.
_____1. Comets are remnants from the formation of our solar system billion years ago.

_____2. A comet has a nucleus ranging from 10-100 Kilometers.

_____3. When a comet is far from the sun, the nucleus is frozen.

_____4. Comets revolve in a highly elliptical orbit around the Sun.

_____5. Silicate is believed to be the reason for the very bright appearance of comets.

INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 2: Asteroids

Drag and Drop
Directions: Choose five related words to asteroids. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

Main Asteroid Belt

Oort Cloud
Silicates
Asteroid
Rounded Orbit
Irregular Shape
1-100 Km Diameter

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 2: Asteroids

Asteroid or Not
Directions: Tell whether the descriptions below match an asteroid. Write the letter A for
Asteroid and letter N if the description does not match an asteroid. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.
_____1. It is made up of ice.

_____2. It is made up of silicates

_____3. It has nucleus that has a diameter of 1-100 Km.

_____4. It is originated from Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt

_____5. It is a Near-Earth Object

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INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 3: Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites
Odd One Out

Directions: Identify the item that does not belong to the group. Give a scientific reason
as to why you chose it. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

meteoroids meteorites asteroids comets

1. ___________________________________________________________________

Pampanga Paitan Maynila Calivo

2. ___________________________________________________________________

meteors meteroids meteorites asteroids

3. ___________________________________________________________________

Moon comets asteroids Earth

4. ___________________________________________________________________

meteors shooting star meteor shower dirty snowballs

5. ___________________________________________________________________

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 3: Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites

Choose from the box
Directions: Match the items from the box to the statements below. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.

meteoroids meteors meteorites

_____1. These are fragments of either a comet, asteroids, the Moon, or from Mars.

_____2. It is a light phenomenon as a near-Earth object burns up in the atmosphere.

_____3. There are five of these in the Philippines which are accepted internationally.

_____4. A fast-moving bright object that appears to have tail in the night sky.

_____5. A fragment that survived and made it into the Earth’s surface.

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 Social Media Platform Post
Directions: Do you realize now the difference among comets, asteroids and meteors?
Write all your realizations by completing the sentence below. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

NEO PORTAL
I have learned that...
Comets _____________________________________________________
Second, asteroids _______________________________________________, and
third, meteors______________________________________________________.’
Lastly, comets, asteroids and meteors are __________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.

Post to Portal

What I Can Do

Choose Your Strength

Directions: Choose any of the following where you are good at: slogan, poem, song, or
speech. On a sheet of paper, discuss and create scientific awareness on your chosen topic.
Your output will be graded based on the given set of rubrics.
Here are the topics, please choose one (1).
a. Superstitious beliefs and practices about comets, asteroids and meteors.
b. Government’s action in investigating near-Earth objects like comets, asteroids and
meteors.
c. Meteor shower is harder to see in cities where the air tend to be more polluted
causing a smog or haze to block the light coming from meteors.
d. The presence of meteorites and impact craters hold much potential for the mining
industry aside from being objects of scientific scrutiny.

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 Rubrics

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Output is Output is Output had little Output had no
presented in an presented in an style. style.
extraordinary interesting style.
way.

Quality and Content is very Content is Content is Content gives

Accuracy of informative informative somewhat little information
Output in presenting in presenting informative in presenting
scientific scientific in presenting scientific
concepts on concepts on scientific concepts on
comets, meteors comets, meteors concepts on comets, meteors
and asteroids. and asteroids. comets, meteors and asteroids.
and asteroids.
Very organized. organized. somewhat poorly organized
Organization
organized
No mispelled No mispelled 2-3 mispelled 4 or more
words, no words, no words, mispelled words,
punctuation or punctuation or punctuation or punctuation and
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
Mechanics errors. errors. errors. errors.

Followed all Followed all Missed to follow Missed to follow

instructions. instructions. 2-3 instructions. 4 or more
instructions.

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 Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Where do comets come from?
A. The Asteroid Belt
B. The Kuiper Belt
C. The Oort Cloud
D. The Planetary Rings

2. What is the name of the famous comet that can be seen from Earth about every 75
years?
A. Comet Halley C. Pluto
B. Hale-Bop D. Shoemaker-Levy 9

3. What is the bright glow around the head of a comet called?

A. coma C. halo
B. crown D. ring

4. What does it signifies when people saw a comet?

A. disaster C. growth
B. disease D. harvest

5. What happens to a comet as it gets close to the Sun?

A. It explodes.
B. It forms long tails made of gas and dust.
C. It melts and disappears.
D. It remains unchanged.

6. Which of the following near-Earth objects orbits the Sun?

A. comets C. meteoroids
B. meteorites D. meteors

7. Which near-Earth object is believed to be remnants of planet formation?

A. asteroid C. meteoroid
B. meteorite D. meteor

8. Where are asteroids found?

A. between Earth and Venus
B. between Mars and Jupiter
C. between Jupiter and Saturn
D. between Saturn and Uranus

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9. Which of the following is true about asteroids?
A. found on Earth
B. made of ice
C. made of rock and metal
D. orbits the Jupiter

10. What do you call the light phenomenon caused by a meteoroid as it burns up while
entering the Earth’s atmosphere?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteoroids
D. meteors

11. What is the deep impression on the ground caused by an object as it strikes the
surface of a planet?
A. canyon
B. crater
C. plateau
D. pothole

12. Why would global temperature drop if the Earth were struck by an asteroid?
A. The ice in the asteroid would increase the Earth’s water.
B. The impact would move the Earth farther from the Sun.
C. The low temperature of the asteroid would chill the oceans.
D. The resulting dust cloud would block out Sun light.

13. Which list correctly orders the piece of debris as it passes from space down to
Earth’s surface?
A. meteorite-meteor-meteoroid
B. meteor-meteorite-meteoroid
C. meteoroid-meteor-meteorite
D. meteor-meteoroid-meteorite

14. Why do meteors burn up in our atmosphere?

A. Earth’s atmosphere can’t handle it
B. collision of the particles between the meteors and the Earth’s atmosphere
C. heat from Earth’s atmosphere
D. heat from the Sun

15. How comets, asteroids and meteoroids are similar from each other?
A. They are all made of rocks.
B. They come from the Asteroid Belt.
C. They come from the Oort Cloud.
D. They orbit the sun.

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 Additional Activity
Acrostic
Make an acrostic using the word universe. Assign meaning to each of the letter and
make sure the message is about how vast the universe is and how lucky we are to be able to
live in safe planet like Earth.

U
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What I Know Learning Activity 2
1. B Table Completion
2. A 1. Main Asteroid Belt
3. D 2. irregular
4. B 3. silicate
5.C 4. rounded
6. D 5. 1 to 100
7. D Learning Activity 3
8. C Outer Space
9. A Atmosphere
10.A Crust
11. B Learning Activity 4
12. C Asnwer to the Questions:
13. A 1. The answer will depend on the students’
14. B observations. They should see that the shape of the
15. B crater is similar to the one shown in photo.
What’s In 2. The plants and animals living in that area are most
Answers may vary likely to have died because of the impact.
What’s New (no particular order) 3. An asteroid because it has a shorter orbital period
1. Comet and its origin is most likely from the Asteroid Belt
2. Kuiper which is neared than Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud.
3. asteroid What’s More
4. coma Independent Activtiy 1
5. Orbit Crossword Puzzle
6. Pampanga Across
7. meteoroid 1. coma
8. meteors 2. Comet Halley
9. Halley 3. Nucleus
10. Tail Down
What is it 4. Oort Cloud
Learning Activity 1 5. Comets
Characteristics of Comets Independent Assessment 1
Origin Kuiper Belt and o 1. FACT
Oort Cloud 2. BLUFF, Underline: 1-10 Kilometers
Shape Irregular 3. FACT
Size Vary 4. FACT
Composition Ice, gaseous compounds 5. BLUFF, underline: Silicate
Orbit highly elliptical Independent Activity 2
Orbial Period 75 to 100,000 + years 1. Main Asteroid Belt
2. Silicates
3. Rounded orbit
4. Irregular Shape
5.1-100 Km in Diameter
Answer key
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Independent Assessment 2
1. N
2. A
3. A
4. N
5. A
Independent Activity 3
1. meteorites does not belong to the group because
the rest in the group are found in outer space.
2. Maynila is not an internationally accepted meteorite.
3. asteroids are the origin of the rest of the group.
4. Earth cannot be a source of meteoroid. The rest in
the group are the origin of meteorid.
5. dirty snowball is not related to meteors. On the
other hand, meteor shower ans shooting star are the
other terms for meteors.
Independent Assessment 3
1. meteoroids
2. meteors
3. meteorites
4. meteors
5. meteorite
What I Have learned
Answers may vary (self reflection-not graded)
What I Can Do
Outputs may vary (Graded using Rubrics)
Assessment (Multiple Choice)
1. B or C
2. A
3. A
4. A or B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. B
15. A
Additional Activity
Outputs may vary (Graded using Rubrics)
Answer key
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Chapman, C.R., Merline, W. J., Thomas, P. C. et al (2002). Impact history of Eros: craters and boulders.
Icarus 155, 104-118.

Johanssen, A., oishi, J. S., Mac Low, M.-M. et al (2007). Rapid planetisimal formation in turbulent
circunstellar disks. nature 448, 1022-1025.

Lauretta, D. S., and McSween, H. Y. (2006). Meteorites and the early Solar System II. icson: University
of Arizona Press.

Pravec, P. and Harris, A. W. (2000). Fast and slow rotation of asteroids. Icarus 148, 12-20.

NASA. “Comets, asteroids and meteors.” Accessed June 29, 2020, https://www.solarsystem.nasa.gov

“Science 8 Learner’s Materials.” Philippines: FEP Printing Press, 2017.

Sky and Telescope. “What are asteroids, comets and meteors?” Accessed June 30, 2020, https://
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources
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