METEORS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION GRADE 8.pptx

GRADE 8

1. GUESS ME!!!

2. meteors, meteoroids and meteorites

3. objectives Define Meteors, Meteoroids and Meteorites. Compare and contrast meteors, meteoroids and meteorites. Cite the cultural beliefs in the regular occurrence of meteor showers. At the end of the discussion, 85% of the learners shall be able to:

4. METEORS a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.

5. what is a meteoroids? where do you think it came from?

6. What is the difference between asteroid and meteoroid?

7. METEOROIDS It is a broken up rock and dust from either asteroid, comet, the moon or from mars.

8. any fairly small natural object from interplanetary space—i.e., a meteoroid—that survives its passage through Earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface. meteorites

9. a transient rain of meteors, such as the Perseids, occurring at regular intervals and coming from a particular region in the sky meteor shower

10. lists of common meteor shower   Name of Meteor Shower Month they appear Perseids mid-August Orionids late October Leonids mid-November Geminids mid-December.

11. Best meteor shower of the year. Meteor shower peaks in mid-august. PERSEIDS

12. ORIONIDS

13. LEONIDS Peak during mid-November each year. Considered to be a major shower  though meteor rates are often as low as about 15 meteors per hour .

14. GEMINIDS Peak during mid-December each year. Considered to be one of the  best and most reliable annual meteor showers .

15. IMPORTANCE OF METEOR SHOWER It symbolize beauty rising from ashes, says Lang. "Meteor showers represent the spiritual insights and wisdom gained from looking deep within the shadows of ourselves and our world. They also invite us to create new ideas and beliefs.

16. meteor craters Depression that results from the impact of a natural object from interplanetary space with Earth or with other comparatively large solid bodies such as the Moon, other planets and their satellites, or larger asteroids and comets.

17. Thank you for listening!