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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Comets, Meteors, and
Asteroids

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Quarter 2 – Module 6: Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Comets, Meteors, and
Asteroids
Introductory Message

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What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you master comets, meteors, and asteroids. The scope of this
module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But
the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with
the textbook you are now using.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids

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 What I Know

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What are commonly called as “shooting stars”?

A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites

2. What are found in the circular or somewhat like “doughnut-shaped”

region between Mars and Jupiter?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites

3. Which Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are found on the Kuiper Belt

and Oort Cloud?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. meteors
D. meteorites

4. What are comets made of?

A. dust only
B. metal only
C. dust and metal
D. dust, metal, and ice

5. What do you call the shining “head” around a comet?

A. coma
B. crown
C. halo
D. ring

6. What do you call the depression caused by the objects that fell on
a planet or moon?
A. canyon
B. crater
C. plateau
D. pothole

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7. Which could have probably caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
A. They caught the flu.
B. An asteroid hit the Earth.
C. They ate each other until they went extinct.
D. A meteorite came and hit the Earth causing their extinction.

8. What causes the bright sparks of light brought by meteors?

A. humidity
B. air friction
C. condensation
D. atmospheric pressure

9. What is the major difference among comet, meteor, and asteroid

in terms of structure?
A. Comet contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
B. Meteor contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
C. Asteroid and comet contain icy shell while meteor does not have.
D. Asteroid contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.

10. Which of the following is the correct location of comets?

A. Kuiper Belt
B. Asteroid Belt
C. Neptune’s orbit
D. Earth’s atmosphere

11. What do you call a celestial body that reaches the Earth’s crust?
A. comet
B. meteor
C. meteorite
D. meteoroid

12. What will happen if a comet gets closer to the sun? A comet will .
A. expire
B. explode
C. melt and disappear
D. form a long tail made of gas and dust

13. Why do scientists study comets? It is because they .

A. like studying it
B. need to survey the space
C. want to examine the mineral contents
D. want to study the origin of the Earth and other planets

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14. What celestial body is shown in the picture?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteorite
D. meteoroid

Source: https://pixabay.com/illutrations/space-stars-comet-astronomy-1486556/.

15. What Near-Earth Object (NEO) is shown in the picture?

A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteor
D. meteorite

Source: https://pixabay.com/vectors/dark-darkness meteor-night-2024127/)

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Lesson
Comets, Meteors, and
1 Asteroids
Have you already watched a movie showing rocks from outer space
crashing violently on Earth? Do you know that there are many rocks in
outer space? Those are what we call comets and asteroids. Are you aware
that “falling stars” are not stars but meteors? Read the module and
answer the activities to find out.

What’s In

Activity 1. Match It
Directions: Match Column A with Column B. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
A B

A. A meteor approaching the A.

Earth’s atmosphere

1. B. A comet vaporizes releasing

atmosphere
dust particles that were
trapped in the ice.
B. a Comet vaporizes
releasing dust
particles
C. Asteroids that were
travelling close to
trapped in the ice.
the earth.
2.

D. Celestial bodies landing on

C. Asteroids
Earth
travelling close
to the Earth
3.

D. Celestial Bodies

Picture Sources:
1.https://pixabay.com/illustrations/space- asteroids-planets-cosmos-1422642/
2.https://pixabay.com/illustrations/space- stars-comet-astronomy-1486556/)
3. https://pixabay.com/photos/asteroid-comet- meteorite-3628185/)

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 What’s New

Characteristics of Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

Did you know that recent discoveries like the Comet ‘Neowise’ that
dazzled on Hungary’s sky on July 23, 2020 have made the experts know
more about the Near-Earth Objects (NEO) like comets, asteroids, and
meteors? With the advent of telescopes and space probes, these
instruments provided more knowledge on the origin and nature of the
universe. Recently, astronomers have discovered asteroid 2012 DA14
that came close to Earth. It made a very close approach to the Earth as
it orbited the Sun on February 16, 2012. It exploded over the Lake
Cherbakul in Russia causing damages to properties and according to
the press release of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), the material exploded are composed of different objects.

Table 1. Characteristics of Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids

Characteristics Comets Meteors Asteroids

Kuiper Belt and most are from the
Origin Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud Asteroid Belt
Shape varied/irregular varied/irregular varied/irregular
about 1 inch
Size 1 to 10 nuclei 1 to 100 ++
(2.5 cm long)
dust, rock, fragments of
metals, ice, asteroids and dust, rock, and
frozen gases, comets metals like
Chemical
ammonia, silicate, iron,
Composition
methane, iron, stone, and nickel
carbon dioxide, stony- iron, including olive
and other and and pyroxene
organic chondrites
compounds
Orbit highly elliptical no orbit as it is more rounded
inside the
Orbital Period (in 1 to 100
75 to 100,000++ Earth’s
years)
atmosphere
provides clues provides provides
Importance to on how liquid information on information on
Research water was star formation the composition of
formed on and the
Earth evolution Earth’s interior

Source: Pia C. Campo, et.al, Science 8

Learner’s Module. Pasig City: Department of
Education, 2013, 156

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 What is It

Comets, meteors, and asteroids

come in different sizes and
compositions. A relatively higher
amount of silicate content caused these
celestial bodies to reflect light. Silicates
are types of metal that contain silicon,
oxygen, and at least one metal. If an
asteroid has fewer silicate content, then
it would be hard to see it even with the
aid of a telescope because only a small (Source:
part of the asteroid can reflect light https://pixabay.com/photos/
asteroids-planet- space-meteor-1017666/)
and it might seem smaller than its
actual size.

Both the comet and

asteroid orbit the Earth and
move relatively slow when
viewed from the Earth. This
means that you can view a
comet for up to a year in the
night sky. The main difference
between the comet and asteroid
is the origin. Comets typically
come from the Oort Cloud
which is beyond the solar
(Source: system and some from the
https://pixabay.com/illustrations/solar-system-
planet- planetary-system-11111/) Kuiper Belt which is beyond
the Neptune’s orbit.
Long-period comets originate from the Oort Cloud while a short-period comes from
the Kuiper Belt.

Comet Halley is the most well-known short-period comet of the 20 th century

since it takes 75 to 76 years for this comet to orbit the Sun. We can view it in
the sky every time it comes closer to the Sun. All other comets have been identified as
long-period comets since it takes 200 to several thousand years to complete their
orbit around the Sun. On the other hand, asteroids originate from the Asteroid Belt.
These are found between Mars and Jupiter.

The recent theory states that the Asteroid Belt was heavily populated with
asteroids, but the gravitational pull of Jupiter has made these asteroids thrown. It
was also theorized that Jupiter’s gravitational pull prevented these asteroids from

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forming into a new planet.

Another group of astronomical researchers theorized that the Asteroid Belt

was an empty space and the debris of other planets have filled this area with the
objects which are then called asteroids.

The orbit of an asteroid is more rounded and less elliptical than the orbit of
a comet. On February 2013, Asteroid 2012 DA14 made a closer approach to
Earth as it orbited around the Sun. Distance in space was measured by
lightyears and this asteroid was just 0.4 l i g h t y e a r s a w a y f r o m t h e
E a r t h , t h e c l o s e s t t h a t an asteroid has ever been on Earth. On December
2012, during the issue of the doomsday prophecies, Asteroid Toutatis has made a
near approach to Earth but not as close as Asteroid 2012 DA14.

Figure 1: The Asteroid and Comet’s Orbit

Illustrated by: Shawn Dwight A. Ga

Figure 1 shows the orbits of asteroid and comet. The orbit of an asteroid is
more circular compared to that of the comet. An asteroid’s orbit lies between Mars
and Jupiter. The region between these two planets is called Asteroid Belt. On the
other hand, the orbit of a comet is more elongated or elliptical in shape since it
extends from the far region of the solar system. Oort Cloud is found beyond the solar
system while Kuiper Belt is located beyond Neptune.

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 Another difference between asteroids and comets is their chemical
compositions. Asteroids contain rocks and metals while comets contain
ice or icy objects including dusts, metals, and elements like Sodium and
Argon. Unlike a comet, an asteroid is composed of rocky metals that are
mostly Iron and Nickel. Scientists discovered that Comet-Hale Bopp
contains Argon which made the comet appear brightly.

The “dirty snowball” made of ice

is the nucleus of a comet. As the
comet gets closer to the Sun, the ice
melts and evaporates together with
dust particles. These particles of gases
make a shining “head” around the
comet called a coma.

Scientists theorized that Earth

has been too hot to have water on the
surface. A closer study reveals that the
Figure 2: Parts of the comet collected samples of ice from drilling
Illustrated by: Shawn Dwight A. Ga down the Earth’s crust and marine
layers have brought water to the planet. The comet’s composition provides
clues for them to understand how Earth obtained liquid water which makes
it habitable.

The composition of an asteroid provides information to the

chemical compositions of planets in the solar system. Iron and Nickel
are the asteroid's components which are the same metals that make up
the Earth’s core. An element called Iridium was discovered on oceanic
sedimentary layers of Denmark, Italy, and New Zealand, by Alvarez
Brothers namely Luis and Walter Alvarez. They have discovered the
rocks that contains higher level of Iridium compared to the Earth’s crust
which is with the same level of Iridium of the asteroid. Because of this,
they have presumed that asteroids landed on Earth that caused the
death of the dinosaurs. They came up to their hypothesis which was
later called as Alvarez Hypothesis.

Based on Alvarez hypothesis, an asteroid with about ten

kilometers in diameter made an impact on Earth. This phenomenon
caused the blocking of sunlight in the air, bringing a period of long
winter that caused the mass extinction of plants and animals including
the dinosaurs.

Scientists theorized that Earth has been too hot to have water on the
surface. A closer study reveals that the collected samples of ice from drilling
down the Earth’s crust and marine layers has brought water to the planet.
The comet’s composition provides clues for them to understand how Earth
obtained liquid water which makes it habitable.

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 The composition of an asteroid provides information to the
chemical compositions of planets in the solar system. Iron and Nickel
are the asteroid's components which are the same metals that make up
the Earth’s core. An element called Iridium was discovered on oceanic
sedimentary layers of Denmark, Italy, and New Zealand, by Alvarez
Brothers namely Luis and Walter Alvarez. They have discovered the
rocks that contains higher level of Iridium compared to the Earth’s crust
which is with the same level of Iridium of the asteroid. Because of this,
they have presumed that asteroids landed on Earth that caused the
death of the dinosaurs. They came up to their hypothesis which was
later called as Alvarez Hypothesis.

Based on Alvarez hypothesis, an asteroid with about ten

kilometers in diameter made an impact on Earth. This phenomenon
caused the blocking of sunlight in the air, bringing a period of long
winter that caused the mass extinction of plants and animals including
the dinosaurs.

Figure 2: Meteor Figure 3: Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite

Illustrated by Mary Grace M. Lad Illustrated by: Mary Grace M. Lad

Meteoroids are remnants or fragments of asteroids

and comets located outside the Earth's atmosphere. Meteoroids
originated from the collision of asteroids. They were also known to be
the debris of comets that travel around the sun or debris from the
impact of collision of Mars or the moon with asteroids. When these
meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere, it will then be called meteors
as shown in Figure 2. When these landed on the Earth’s ground, it is
then called meteorites as shown in Figure 3.
A little body begins as a meteoroid skimming through space between
the planets until it enters the Earth's atmosphere creating a streak of
light as a meteor or commonly known as “shooting star”. Afterwards, if it
was not vaporized completely by frictional heat and landed on the Earth’s
ground, it is called meteorite. There are times in the year where we observe
meteor showers occurring when the Earth passes through debris left by
comets or asteroids.

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 The orbit of an asteroid is more rounded and less elliptical than
the orbit of a comet. On February 2013, Asteroid 2012 DA14 made a
closer approach to Earth as it orbited around the Sun. Distance in
space was measured by lightyears and this asteroid was just 0.4
l i g h t y e a r s a w a y f r o m t h e E a r t h , t h e c l o s e s t t h a t an
asteroid has ever been on Earth. On December 2012, during the issue of
the doomsday prophecies, Asteroid Toutatis has made a near approach
to Earth but not as close as Asteroid 2012 DA14.

What’s More

Activity 2. Spot Some NEOs

Directions: Identify what Near-Earth Objects are seen in each item.

Choose your answer from the box. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.

Asteroids Comets Meteors Meteorites

1. 3.
2.

(Source: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/sky-stars-planets-space-moon-star-3880590/)

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Activity 3. Identify It

Directions: Identify what is being referred to in each item. Choose your

answers from the box. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

Earth’s Atmosphere Kuiper Belt Mars and Jupiter

Oort Cloud Asteroid Belt Uranus Earth and Mars

1. It is the origin of the comets that is beyond the solar system.

2. It is where the asteroids originated.

3. It is the origin of the comets located within the orbit of Neptune.

4. It is where meteors can be found.

5. Most asteroids can be found between these two planets.

Activity 4. Take It from Mixing and Colliding

Directions: Determine the Near-Earth Objects after mixing or colliding

the different celestial components. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

ice dust metal

dust metal

collision

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 asteroid asteroid

Picture Sources:

Ice: https://pixabay.com/photos/st one-glass-colorful-gem-color-6580/

Dust: https://pixabay.com/photos/race- car-race-track-dirt-road-car-1031767/
Metal: https://pixabay.com/photos/gri d-wire-mesh-stainless-rods-826831//
Asteroid: https://pixabay.com/photos/ast eroid-meteorite-comet-63125/)

Activity 5. Let Us Know Them More

Directions: Fill in the Venn diagram by identifying the different

components present in comets, meteors, and asteroids
from the box below. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

Asteroids

Meteors
Comets

metals silicates dusts rocks

ice Iron Nickel Ammonia
flame Carbon Sodiu Argon
dioxide m

Clues: At the intersection of the circles, write the components that are both
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present in the two circles from the two Near-Earth Objects mentioned. At
the center, write the components that are common from comets, meteors,
and asteroids.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. _______ typically come from the Oort Cloud and some from the Kuiper Belt.
2. Asteroids originated from the _______ which is in between Mars and Jupiter.
3. _______ is a streak of light that happens when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s
atmosphere.
4. The _______, _______, and _______ differ in orbits, orbital
periods, origins, chemical compositions and their importance
to research.
5. The “dirty snowball” made of ice is the _______ of a comet.
6. The orbit of an asteroid is _______ while the orbit of a comet is elongated.
7. _______ are remnants or fragments of asteroids and comets located
outside the Earth's atmosphere.
8. _______ is the most well-known short-period comet of the 20th
century since it takes 75 to 76 years to orbit the Sun.
9. On February 2013, _______ made a closer approach to Earth as
it orbited around the Sun.
10. Kuiper Belt is located beyond _______.

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Read the news article and answer the questions that
follow. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Source of picture: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/armageddon-apocalypse-earth-2104385/

Risks of Asteroid Strike to Earth from Elon Musk's

Starlink Project Feared
By: Nirmal Narayanan

December 10, 2019- In an attempt to provide internet to all corners

of the globe, Elon Musk's Starlink project will gradually send tens of
thousands of satellites into the earth's orbit. But some astronomers
believe the project could increase the chances of asteroid hits to earth.

Space agencies like NASA (National Aeronautics and Space

Administration) and astronomers make use of telescopes to track
near-earth objects that could pose a threat to earth in the future.
However, the task will become extremely difficult when telescopes have
to filter out tens of thousands of Starlink satellites that are already in
the earth's orbit.

A few months back, while interacting with followers on Twitter, the

Tesla founder revealed that humans do not have a proper shield to
protect the planet from doomsday asteroids. He made the comments
when one of his followers asked whether asteroid Apophis will hit earth
in 2029.

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 "Great name! Wouldn't worry about this particular one, but a big rock
will hit Earth eventually & we currently have no defense," wrote Musk on
Twitter. However, later Musk called NASA's planetary defense mission
'Armageddon', prompting fears that something sinister from deep space was
on its way to earth.

Source: “Risks of Asteroid Strike to Earth from Elon Musk's Starlink Project Feared”, IB
Times Corporation, last modified December 10, 2019,
https://www.ibtimes.sg/risks-asteroid-strike-

Questions:

1. What is the news article all about?

_________________________________________________________________

2. What could possibly happen if the asteroid would hit the Earth?

_________________________________________________________________

3. What are the disadvantages of having too many satellites in the Earth’s
orbit?

_________________________________________________________________

4. Based on the news you have read, could the impact of the
asteroid cause extinction to some organisms including
animals? Support your answer.
_________________________________________________________________

5. What could be the possible measures humans can do to avoid

or block the asteroid from hitting the Earth?
________________________________________________________________

Rubric
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
The answer is The answer is The answer is The answer to Question is not
complete. All missing 1 detail. missing 2 the question is answered. A
information All information details. Almost lacking any small amount to
provided is provided is all information detail. Some none of the
accurate. accurate. provided is information information
accurate. provided is provided is
accurate. accurate.

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 Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which statement is true?

A. Only asteroids collide with Earth.
B. Comets are ball of ice, dust, and metal.
C. All comets in our solar system have tails.
D. Only asteroids can be found in the solar system.

2. What do you call the fragments or debris that resulted from the
collision of asteroids or comets?
A. Meteors
B. Meteoroids
C. Oort Cloud
D. Kuiper Belt

3. What is the bright glow around the “head” of a comet?

A. Coma
B. Crown
C. Halo
D. Ring

4. What is the name of the famous comet that can be seen from Earth
every 75 to 76 years?
A. Hale Boop
B. Comet Halley
C. Comet Tempel 1
D. Shoemaker Levy-9

5. What is the correct term for a “shooting star”?

A. Asteroid
B. Comet
C. Falling star
D. Meteor

6. What is an Asteroid Belt?

A. It has rocks crossing the Sun, Mars, and Jupiter.
B. It has rocks crossing the Sun, Jupiter, and Uranus.
C. It is an area between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids
are found.
D. It has rocks between the Earth and Jupiter where most
asteroids are found.

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7. What is a meteorite? It is a .
A. dim meteor
B. bright meteor
C. meteoroid that lights up
D. remains of meteoroids that hit the Earth

8. What is a comet? It is a/an .

A. rock from Mars
B. class of smaller inner solar system bodies that orbit around the
sun
C. icy ball of rock that displays a coma, a fuzzy temporary
atmosphere, or a tail when it travels close to the sun
D. natural object from small to huge that originates in space and
survives the impact on the Earth’s surface

9. What composes silicate?

A. silicon, oxygen, and at least one metal
B. silicon, carbon, and at least one metal
C. silicon, methane and a rock
D. iron, nickel, and argon

10. Why do scientists study comets?

A. They are valuable minerals.
B. They could provide Earth with rocks.
C. They can help make the Earth a habitable planet.
D. They provide information how the Earth obtained liquid water.

11.Why would global temperature of the Earth drop when struck by

a massive asteroid?
A. The resulting cloud would block out sunlight.
B. The low temperature of asteroid would chill the oceans.
C. The impact would move the Earth farther from the Sun.
D. The ice in the asteroid would increase the Earth’s reflective power.

12.When objects strike on the surface of a planet, they leave a deep

impression on the surface called ______.
A. canyon
B. crater
C. plateau
D. pothole

13.Meteoroids are formed when asteroids collided and crushed into pieces.
Based on this statement, where did the meteoroids originate?
A. Asteroid Belt
B. Mars
C. Moon
D. Sun

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 14. Which best describes the picture below?

(Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/meteorite-stone- hoba-namibia-700836/)

A. meteorite
B. meteoroid with dust
C. comet with coma and ion tail
D. asteroid that falls to the Earth

15.What celestial body is shown below?

(Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/asteroid- meteorite-impact-meteor-179319/)

A. Meteors
B. Meteorites
C. Meteoroids
D. Meteor shower

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 Additional Activities

Directions: In a long bond paper, draw the solar system highlighting

the location of the comets, meteors, and asteroids.

Rubric
Criteria 4 3 2 1

Complete and Complete Most parts Some parts Incomplete

in correct and all are are present are present and ordered
order ordered and are and are incorrectly
correctly ordered ordered
correctly correctly
All are Most are Some are All are
Label
labeled labeled labeled labeled
correctly correctly correctly incorrectly
The
The drawing is The The
Artistic drawing is drawing drawing
somewhat
quality highly colorful has few has no
colorful and artistic artistic
artistic.
and qualities. qualities.
artistic.

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Answer Key

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