II. Based on the characteristics of meteors and comets, Justify your answer on the following questions: 5-6. When a satellite is hypothetically destroyed and its debris caused bright streaks in the sky as it re-entered, can you call that a "meteor shower"?
7-8. You saw a moving object in the sky. Your friend told you that the moving object was a comet. How could your friend prove that the moving object was a comet?
5-6 A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet or asteroid. Meteors are bits of rocks and ice ejected from comets as they move in their orbits about the sun.