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? comet meteoroid asteroid meteorite

Explanation:

Asteroids are space - rocks. Depending on their location and interaction with Earth's atmosphere, they can have different names such as meteoroids (in space), meteors (when entering the atmosphere), and meteorites (if they reach the Earth's surface), similar to pumas having different names in different parts of the world.

Answer:

asteroid