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Q: What is a piece of rock or metal from space that enters the earths atmosphere at high speed?
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A piece of rock or metal from space that enters the earths atmosphere at high speed and burns up?

Meteor


What is a piece of rock or metal that enters the Earth's atmosphere and burn up is called what?

Meteor.


What do you call a piece of stone that enters the earths atmosphere?

Meteors not chlorophyllansw2. Meteors if seen in the sky only, and meteorites if they land.


A meteoroid that burns up in earths atmosphere is called a?

A meteoroid is a small piece of space debris in the solar system. When a meteoroid enters the Earths atmosphere it becomes a meteor (shooting star).If the meteoroid survives the atmosphere and lands on the Earth, it becomes a meteorite.


What is a small piece of space rock that enters the earth's atmosphere called?

It is a meteorite


What is a piece of stone or metal from space that falls to Earths surface?

Meteorite


A piece of stone or metal that falls to the earths surface?

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A piece of stone or metal from space that falls to earths surface?

meteorite


A piece of stone from space?

This is known as either a meteor (when it enters the atmosphere) or a meteorite (if it reaches the surface of the Earth).


Meteors that reach the earths surface are called?

A meteor IS a what you call a body of matter when it enters earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is what you call a body of matter in space that hasn't entered earth's atmosphere. Source: Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meteor


What is a piece of rock or metal that falls through the atmosphere and falls to earth?

A meteorite is a piece of rock that strikes the earth's surface.


What is a rock called that crashes into earths atmosphere?

Avery hot piece of ston!e Avery hot piece of ston!eA rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor. If it reaches the ground, it is called a meteorite. We call them meteors.