Question

Greta is writing a paper on near-Earth objects for her science class. She collected the information shown in the table, but she forgot to label each object. Based on the data, what is space object B?

Space Object A Space Object B
Composition rocks and some metals mostly ice
Orbital Period 3 to 6 years 3.3 to 70,000 years

an asteroid
a comet
a meteor
a meteorite

Answer 1

The answer is comet.

Comets are mainly ice. They orbit around the sun with a periods that varie from few years to tens of millions  of years.

An asteroid is composed of rocks, metals or both.

Meteorites are meteors that get the earth and are composed of rocks and metals or both.

Meteors:

 

Answer 2

Answer: B) a comet

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