Vocabulary # 9

Vocabulary # 9

The outer solar system

Comet : Aball of rock and ice that irbits the sun .

My mom tell me that a comet come to earth evry 10 years or maybe more .

Meteorid: A small asteroid ( rocky object that orbits the sun ) , wich may be far out in the solar system or close to the inner planets



I have never seen a meteorid . 

Meteor : A meteorid that enters Earths atmosphere and burns with a streak of ligth .



The meteor looks like a ball of fire .

Meteorite : Any part of a meteor oroid that reaches Earths surface .



Today i notice the different between meteorite and meteorid .