0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Which would you find in a museum collection a meteorite meteroid or meteor?
You would find a meteorite in a museum. A meteoroid is in space, a meteor is in the atmosphere, and a meteorite is in the ground.
A meteoroid passing through earth's atmosphere becomes a?
A meteorite! hey here is a joke! if a meteor that hits is a meteorite what do you call one that misses? a meteorworong!
What is a piece of rock or dust burning in the air around earth?
A meteoroid that burns up is still called a meteoroid. The flaming incandescent phenomenon is called a meteor. If it survives atmospheric entry and impacts the ground, it is called a meteorite.
What is it called when meteoroid gets close to the ground and burns up?
when it is close to the ground, it is a meteor when it hits the ground, it is called a meteorite
Is a falling star a meteor or meteorite?
A falling star is a meteor. A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the ground.
What is the life cycle of a meteor?
meteoroid meteor meteorite
Which would you find in a museum collection a meteorite meteroid or meteor?
You would find a meteorite in a museum. A meteoroid is in space, a meteor is in the atmosphere, and a meteorite is in the ground.
What is the name for a meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere?
A meteoroid in the atmosphere is a "meteor", and one that reaches the ground is a "meteorite".
what is the differentiation between a meteor meteoroid and a meteorite?
a meteoroid is a rock from the size of a grain of sand to that of a boulder that is in our solar system
What is the difference between meteors and meteorodis?
A meteoroid is the 'shooting star' you see in the sky. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the surface.
A meteor that strikes Earth's surface?
A "meteorite" is the word for a meteoroid that impacts Earth's surface.
What is a meteoroid that reaches earth surface?
When a meteor reaches the Earth's surface, it is classified as a meteorite.
Which object couldn't be viewed from Earth's surface without a telescope A. a meteor B. a meteor shower C. a meteoroid D. a meteorite?
a meteor
A meteoroid passing through earth's atmosphere becomes a?
A meteorite! hey here is a joke! if a meteor that hits is a meteorite what do you call one that misses? a meteorworong!
When a rock falls from outer space all the way to the ground is called?
A meteoroid is space debris that is made up of rock. A meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up is called a meteor. A meteorite is a meteor that survives the fall through Earth's atmosphere.
What do you call a meteoroid that hits Earth's surface?
"A meteroid that hits earth's atmosphere becomes a meteor. When it comes to rest on the earth's surface it is then known as a meteorite."Actually, the portion of a meteor that hits the surface of the earth is called a meteorite. A meteor is the steak of light we see acrss the sky, which can be part of a comet, a meteoroid, an asteroid, or any other interplanetary debris we may see from earth. However, a meteor is the larger part that can be seen, but not the actual portion that hits the earth. (Source: Astonomy Today, 6th edition by Chassion & McMillan)
When a meteoroid enter earths atmosphere it produces a streak of light called a n?
Meteor. And if it lands it is called a Meteorite.
