Name: John Paulo R.

Mendoza

Section: 8-Flores

Learning Task 1

1. True

2. True

3. False

4. False

5. True

Learning Task 2

Object Description Location/Movement

Comet Comets are interstellar objects Kuiper Belt, and orbits around
the sun.
that follows long, oval or
elliptical orbits around the Sun.
They come from deep 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 Asteroid Belt, hover in space
bodies that have dark surfaces, along with other asteroids in
they are usually found in the an eliptical orbit around the
region known as Asteroid belt. 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 Floats in outer space and
chunk or rocks, remains of
comets and debris from outer enters Earth's atmosphere,
space. becoming a meteor shower on
the process.
1. When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and
burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors. When a meteoroid survives a trip
through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a meteorite.

2. The main difference between asteroids and comets is their composition, as in, what they are made
of. Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material, while comets are made up of ice, dust and
rocky material. Both asteroids and comets were formed early in the history of the solar system about
4.5 billion years ago.
From the list below, choose the term that best completes each sentence.

Asteroid Asteroid Belt Comet

Metoer Meteoroid Meteorite
3. Meteor

4. Asteroid

5. Meteorite

6. Comet

7. Meteoroid

8. Asteroid Belt

Learning Task 3: Read and understand the given information below. Fill out the Venn diagram. Write
your answer in your answer sheet. Have your parents/guardian sign your work.

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: Define the following terms in your own words. Write your answer in a separate sheet
of paper.

Meteor A small rocky or metallic body in outer space.

Meteorite It is when a meteor hits the earth's surface. That
meteor is now called a meteorite.
Elliptical Orbit When an object moves around another object in
an oval shaped path, it is known to be revolving
in an elliptical orbit.
Comets It is a fuzzy, luminous big dirty snowball
composed of rock dust wrapped around a big
ball of ice.
Meteors In plural term.
Asteroids They are rocky worlds revolving around the sun
that are too small to be called planets. They are
also known as planetoids or minor planets.

Learning Task 5: Place a check mark in your answer sheet to indicate characteristics of asteroids,
comets, and meteors.

Asteroid Comet Meteor

Appears as a streak of
light in the sky ✓
Frozen ball of dust
✓
Is visible in our sky
✓
Made up of rock
✓
Orbits the sun
✓
Orbits between Jupiter
and Mars ✓
Often called “shooting
stars” ✓
Usually burns up the
Earth’s atmosphere ✓