A small piece of an asteroid or comet that breaks apart and enters the Earth's atmosphere is called:
a meteor
Name some benefits of space exploration
Jobs, scientific experimentation, observation of the universe, new technologies
How is mass different from weight?
Mass measures amount of matter in an object. Weight is gravity acting on that mass.
What was the first animal to orbit the earth?
Dog
The planet closest to the sun is:
Mercury
What do you call a natural rock object that orbits around the sun?
An asteroid
Name the first two men to walk on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong
True or False: The massive meteor that struck Russia in 2013 was called the Moscow Meteor.
False. It was the Chelyabinsk meteor.
What do you call a natural rock object that orbits around a planet?
a moon
What do you call a giant ball of hot gas located at the centre of the solar system?
The sun
What is a solar system?
A collection of planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit a sun.