a meteorite
As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.
A meteorite.
Meteorite
A meteor.
meteoroid
A meteorite.
A meteor. Technically, a "meteor" is the flash of light itself. Once the rock hits the Earth's surface (IF it survives) it is called a "meteorite".
An object in space is called a meteroid. A meteroid that is in the Earth's atmophere is called a meteor. A meteor that falls to the Earth is called a meterioite.
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits Earth's surface.
Meteorite
crater
The surface of the Earth can be changed by resulting from outer space, like from a meteor strike.