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What characteristic distinguishes a meteorite from a terrestrial rock?
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What is a rock that strikes Earth's surface?
meteorite.
What are rocks that hit the earth's surface called?
A rock from space that strikes the Earth's surface is called a meteorite.
When a rock falls from outerspace onto the ground it is called?
Meteorite.
What are the Pieces of rock or metal that have reached the Earth from outer space called?
A piece of space rock floating through space is a meteoroid. When it hits the atmosphere and glows white-hot with the heat of friction, it is a meteor.Once it hits the ground, it is a meteorite.
What is a piece of rock similar to the material formed into the planets?
Chondritic meteorite.
What characteristic distinguish a meteorite from a terrestrial rock?
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What distinguishes a meteorite from a terrestrial rock?
i dnt know i need someone to help me with this question!! >.<
What characteristic of distinguishes a dead log from a rock?
the dead log is made up of cell.but the rocks are not made up of cell.
Is a meteorite a mineral?
No. A meteorite is a rock.
What type of rock is a meteorite?
A meteorite is an extraterrestrial rock formed from melt. An igneous rock.
What characteristic most directly distinguishes an angular unconformity from a nonconformity?
Angular unconformities separate rock layers along nonparallel surfaces
What is a rock that strikes Earth's surface?
meteorite.
What is a rock in space called?
meteor
Is martian meteorite a living thing or not?
No. A Martian meteorite is simply a meteorite from Mars. It's basically just a rock.
Is a meteorite a fireball?
No. a meteorite is a pice of rock or metal from sapce that has landed on the surface of a planet.
Where is the meteorite on Obama vs alien?
it is the small rock that you pick up not really a meteorite
What do you call a rock that falls out of space?
meteorite
