section review 10.4
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What causes a meteor shower?
Earth passing through a meteor stream ( a trail of meteoroid debris left by a comet)
Between which two planets is the asteroid belt found?
Mars and Jupiter
Meteor
Meteoroid that has entered Earths surface
Explain why a comet's tail forms
The solar wind causes particles from the coma to begin to drift away from the sun.
Which asteroids travel before and behind the planet Jupiter?
Trojan asteroids
What is a comets nucleus made of?
ice and dust
Meteorite
meteor that has landed on Earths surface
Meteoroid
small chunk of rock or metal in space
