Vocabulary: Meteorites, meteors, asteroids, comets
The objects above are listed in that particular order because that is the order in which they are found in terms of their distance from the Earth.
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Meteorites are closest - rocky bodies that crash into the Earth.
Meteors are next closest - in Earth's atmosphere. They too, are rocky.
Asteroids are the last rocky bodies in the "warm" zone around the Sun. They are found in the Asteroid belt between mars and Jupter.
Comets are farthest away, past Neptune. Because of this distance they are made of ice and some rocks(dirt).
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