Freezing rain.
The term for rain that freezes when it hits the earth's surface is freezing rain.
a meteorite
If they freeze on the way to hitting the earths surface, they are called sleet. You can tell the difference between hail (which freezes before it leaves the cloud) is that sleet bounces when it hits the ground. You are talking about weather, right?
i belive so
A comet does. It hits the planet and then basically just fries the surface.-Mountainmmangeetar
If You Refer To Where It Is, Lava Is Magma Once It Hits Earths Surface.
As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.
Sleet is the type of precipitation that falls as liquid but then freezes instantly upon impact with the ground. This occurs when rain from a warmer layer of air falls through a colder layer near the ground, causing it to freeze before reaching the surface.
The scientific term for a shooting star that hits Earth's surface is a meteorite. It is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and impacts the surface.
A glaze of ice forms, known as freezing rain. This can create a dangerous and slippery surface when it accumulates on roads, walkways, and other surfaces.
A primary wave is a strong vibration or wave that hits earths surface (P) and a secondary wave (S) is a wave that hits soon after but not nearly as big.
many people think it is freezing rain but really it is sleet! Sleet starts out frozen hits a pocket of warm air starts to melt then it hits a cold pocket of air before it hits the ground. it may repeat this pattern various times before hitting the ground.