National Geographic Readers: Meteors: Criss Cross
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- 1. As a space rock rubs against gases in the atmosphere, it creates ___.
- 3. ___ meteorites are the most common meteorites on Earth.
- 6. Every day, thousands of small space rocks enter Earth's ___.
- 8. ___, found in Namibia, is the largest known meteorite in the world.
- 9. A ___ is a space rock that lands on Earth, another planet, or the moon.
- 10. Earth's closest planetary neighbors are Venus and ___.
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- 2. An ___ is a space rock that's larger than a meteoroid but smaller than a planet.
- 4. Some people call meteors "shooting ___."
- 5. A small rocky object in space or the atmosphere is called a ___.
- 7. The streak of light produced as a meteoroid burns up in the atmosphere is called a ___.
Word Bank
atmosphere
meteoroid
meteor
stars
heat
meteorite
stony
hoba
mars
asteroid
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