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As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.

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Pieces of rock that actually strike Earth's surface are called meteorites. When these fragments of asteroids or comets survive the journey through Earth's atmosphere and land on the surface, they are termed meteorites.

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What are pieces of rocks that actually strike Earth's surface are called?

As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.


The earths surface is broken into large pieces what are they called?

Tectonic Plates


Which process are pieces of rock material being moved over earths surface by water and wind?

The process is called erosion.


What is the breaking down of Earths surface into smaller pieces?

It is actually called weathering, but if your talking about the process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces by physical means it is called Mechanical Weathering, by chemical means it is called Chemical Weathering.


Molten rock that reaches the earths surface is called?

Molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface is called lava.


What do we call a measure of height above earths surface?

Height above earths surface is called elevation


When earths regions of earths surface sinks down what is it called?

Subsidence.


What is earths top surface?

It is called the crust.


What is the earths flat surface called?

Projection


What term refers to magma at the earths surface?

Magma once it reaches the earths surface is called lava.


What Half of earths surface is called?

There is no such thing as half of the Earth. If you are referring to half of the spherical shape of the Earth then it will be a hemisphere.


What are solid particle that have been deposited on earths surface called?

Sediments is pieces of solid material that have been deposited on Earth's surface. The sediments have been deposited by wind, water, ice, gravity, or chemical precipitation.