Meaning: A small rocky body was moving very fast towards Earth.
Choice of Words: "Asteroid" refers to a small rocky body orbiting the sun, "hurtled" means to move very quickly and with force, and "Earth" is the planet we live on.
Alternative Expressions
The big rock from space flew towards our planet very fast.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but uses different words.
Choice of Words:Big rock is another way to say asteroid. Flew means to move through the air. Our planet is another way to say Earth. Very fast means moving at a high speed.
A space rock zoomed towards the place we live.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but uses different words.
Choice of Words:Space rock is another way to say asteroid. Zoomed means to move very quickly. Place we live is another way to say Earth.