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Other Objects in the Solar System

Question 6 • AZ-Earth and Space Science A

A student is taking an animal science and an astronomy class. In animal sciences, she learns that pumas are called mountain lions and cougars in different parts of the world, but they are all the same cat. She makes an analogy, or comparison, to something she learned in her astronomy class. She says that a certain space object is like a puma because it is the same object but has different names depending on where it is. What space object is she thinking of?

Answer
A
comet
B
meteoroid
C
asteroid
D
meteoride

Explanation

A small rocky object has different names depending on where it is: in space, it is a meteoroid; as it travels through an atmosphere, it is a meteor; and if it reaches the ground, it is a meteorite. So the space object she is thinking of is a meteoroid.

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