Comets streak, leaving fiery trail behind them.

Meaning: Comets travel fast and create a bright path in the sky.

Choice of Words: Comets move quickly and leave a long, bright line in the sky.

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Comets dash, leaving a fiery trail behind them.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how comets move through space. They dash across the sky, leaving a trail of light behind them. The word "dash" suggests that the comet is moving even faster than in the first sentence.

Choice of Words: Comets are balls of ice and dust that orbit the sun. When they get close to the sun, the heat causes the ice to turn into gas and the dust to glow. This creates a bright tail of light that can be seen from Earth. Dash means to move quickly. Fiery means hot and bright like fire. Trail means a line or path that something leaves behind it. When you put all these words together, you get a picture of a comet moving quickly through the sky, leaving a bright, fiery tail behind it.

Comets zoom, leaving a fiery trail behind them.

Meaning: This sentence describes how comets move through space. They zoom across the sky, leaving a trail of light behind them. The word "zoom" suggests that the comet is moving the fastest out of all three sentences.

Choice of Words: Comets are balls of ice and dust that orbit the sun. When they get close to the sun, the heat causes the ice to turn into gas and the dust to glow. This creates a bright tail of light that can be seen from Earth. Zoom means to move very quickly. Fiery means hot and bright like fire. Trail means a line or path that something leaves behind it. When you put all these words together, you get a picture of a comet moving very quickly through the sky, leaving a bright, fiery tail behind it.

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