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The answer sheet for the worksheet What is a meteorite?. Each answer comes with the reason, so it can be used to mark or to go over the questions with the class.

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Answers: What is a meteorite?

  1. B: They formed at the very start of the Solar SystemMany meteorites formed around the time the planets were being built, about 4.5 billion years ago.
  2. A: It is a real piece of another worldNearly every rock we touch was made on Earth. A meteorite comes from somewhere else in space.
  3. C: The rock is going so fast that it makes the air glowThe meteoroid is moving so fast that the air around it glows brightly.
  4. C: No, most never come anywhere near usMeteoroids travel around the Sun, and most never cross Earth's path.
  5. False: the right answer is No, they are meteors made by space rocksPeople call meteors shooting stars, but they have nothing to do with real stars.
  6. True (A meteor)The streak of light in the sky is a meteor. The rock is only a meteorite once it lands.
  7. It tells us how the Sun and planets began (accept any answer with the same meaning)Meteorites formed at the start of the Solar System, so they hold clues about how it began.
  8. Broken bits of asteroids (accept any answer with the same meaning)Most meteorites are broken pieces of asteroids. Only a few come from the Moon or Mars.

Task

Answers will vary. The task comes from the lesson: Make three cards with the words meteoroid, meteor and meteorite. On the back of each, draw where the rock is: in space, in the sky or on the ground. Then test a friend or someone at home.

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