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What two objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
How are meteoroids meteors and meteorites different from one another?
Location. In order, they are in space, in air, or on the ground.
A rocky space object of vairying size?
The object is likely an asteroid, meteoroid, or meteorite. Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, meteoroids are smaller rocky objects that travel through space, and meteorites are meteoroids that survive the journey through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground.
Debris from the solar system strikes the earth as?
meteoroids, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up as meteors or shooting stars. Some larger pieces that reach the Earth's surface are known as meteorites. These debris can come from asteroids, comets, or other celestial bodies in the solar system.
True or false most meteoroids burn up in the stratosphere?
False. Most meteoroids burn up in the mesosphere, which is located above the stratosphere. As they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they encounter increasing atmospheric pressure and friction, causing them to heat up and often disintegrate before reaching the surface. Only larger meteoroids may survive this process and reach the Earth's surface as meteorites.
How do you spell meteoroids?
Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites.
What are meteoroids called when they reach the ground?
Meteorites
In meteor showers can meteoroids come to earth?
Yes. That is what meteorites are.
What two objects produce meteorites?
comets and asteroids
What are the three main classifications meteorites?
Meteoroids, Meteor, Meteorites 1. Meteoroids- rock fragments travelling in space 2. Meteor- a meteoroid that passes through the Earth's atmosphere and produces a bright flash in the sky 3. Meteorites- meteors that have reached the Earth's surface or the ground
Other members of the solar system?
asteroids comets meteoroids meteor meteorites
Why are craters on the moon caused by meteoroids and not meteorites?
hey the anwser is because the science wrecked it
What are the small fragments that entered the earths atmosphere and fallen to the surface?
meteorites
How are meteoroids meteors and meteorites different from one another?
Location. In order, they are in space, in air, or on the ground.
How do you know how there are small meteoroids and dust in space?
We know that there are small meteoroids and dust in space because meteorites (meteoroids that survive the atmosphere and land on Earth) exist, and also because we can see meteoroids as meteors (the light coming from a meteoroid burning up in the atmosphere) in the sky.
What are differences between meteors meteorites and meteoroids?
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
What are the differences betweens meteoroids meteors and meteorites?
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
