Meteor showers are formed by comets and asteroids that come close to the Sun. Heat from the Sun causes dust and rock to break off the body and gather into a collection of debris that moves along the body's orbital path. If Earth's orbit crosses this path, there is a meteor shower as the dust particles vaporize in Earth's atmosphere, about 90 km above Earth's surface.
| Name | Pronunciation | Listen |
| The Quadrantids | kwa-DRAN-tids |  |
| The Lyrids | LYE-rids | |
| The Eta Aquarids | AY-tah AK-wa-rids | |
| The South Delta Aquarids | south DEL-tah AK-wa-rids | |
| The Perseids | PUR-see-ids | |
| The Orionids | o-RYE-o-nids | |
| The South Taurids | south TOR-ids | |
| The North Taurids | north TOR-ids | |
| The Leonids | LEE-o-nids | |
| The Geminids | GEM-e-nids | |
| The Ursids | UR-sids | |
