Question

A student is taking an animal science and an astronomy class. In animal sciences, she learns that pumas are called mountain lions and cougars in different parts of the world, but they are all the same cat. She makes an analogy, or comparison, to something she learned in her astronomy class. She says that a certain space object is like a puma because it is the same object but has different names depending on where it is. What space object is she thinking of?

Answer 1

Answer:

Pluto

Explanation:

Pluto because some people consider it a planet, but some consider it a dwarf planet because it has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.

Answer 2

Answer: Meteoroid

Explanation: