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What is a rock from space that strikes earths surface?

A rock from space that strikes Earth's surface is called a meteorite. When a meteoroid (a small rocky or metallic body) enters Earth's atmosphere and survives the journey to impact the surface, it is termed a meteorite.


What are rocks that hit the earth's surface called?

Rocks that hit the Earth's surface are called meteorites. When a meteoroid (a rock in space) survives its journey through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface, it is referred to as a meteorite.


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What is molten rock on earths surface.?

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What is a rock that strikes Earth's surface?

A rock that strikes Earth's surface is known as a meteoroid. Once it enters the Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground, it is then called a meteorite.


What do scientists call a rock that strikes the Earth's surface?

They call it a meteorite. It's all right if we call it that too.


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What forms beneath earths surface?

The rock that forms on earth's surface is extrusive rock or otherwise known as a metamorphic rock.


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What do they call a rock that strickes earths surface?

A meteorite.


What do scientists call a rock that strikes earth's surface?

Meteorites. When floating in space they are called meteoroids, they are then called meteors when they enter the earths atmosphere at high speeds, burning up brightly as shooting stars for a brief period due to the friction against the gas in the atmosphere. If any surviving pieces are found on the surface, they are called meteorites.