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WHAT do you call a rock falling through earths atmosphere?

When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.


What is an interplanetary material that falls in to earths atmosphere?

As it falls through the atmosphere and heats up, the glowing streak of light is called a meteor. If fragments of the object actually get through the atmosphere and fall to the ground, the fragments are called meteorites.


How does water leave the Earth?

Water leaves the Earth through a process called evaporation, where it turns into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere. It can also leave through transpiration from plants, and as precipitation when it falls back to the Earth as rain or snow.


What correctly describes a way in which Earth's atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere?

One way in which Earth's atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere is through the process of evaporation. Water from oceans, lakes, and rivers evaporates into the atmosphere, where it then condenses to form clouds and eventually falls back to the Earth's surface as precipitation, completing the water cycle.


What force acting on a meteor falling down through the earths atmosphere?

The main force acting on a falling meteor through the Earth's atmosphere is gravity. Gravity pulls the meteor downward towards the Earth's surface, causing it to accelerate as it falls. Air resistance also plays a role in slowing down the meteor's descent as it interacts with the atmosphere.

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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 do you call a rock falling through earths atmosphere?

When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.


What is an interplanetary material that falls in to earths atmosphere?

As it falls through the atmosphere and heats up, the glowing streak of light is called a meteor. If fragments of the object actually get through the atmosphere and fall to the ground, the fragments are called meteorites.


What is a rock that falls from outer space?

If it burns up in the atmosphere, it is a meteor. If it manages to make it through the atmosphere and land on Earth, it is a meteorite. A really bright meteor is called a bollide.


What is the name of a piece of stone or metal that falls from space to earth?

If it falls on the Earth, it would be called a meteorite. If it burns up in the atmosphere, it is called a meteor and if it doesn't enter the atmosphere it is a meteoroid.


How does water leave the Earth?

Water leaves the Earth through a process called evaporation, where it turns into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere. It can also leave through transpiration from plants, and as precipitation when it falls back to the Earth as rain or snow.


What is the sequence where water passes through the atmosphere and on the earth's surface?

Water evaporates from bodies of water or land into the atmosphere, forms clouds through condensation, falls back to the earth's surface as precipitation (rain, snow, sleet), and then flows into rivers, lakes, and oceans through runoff.


What correctly describes a way in which Earth's atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere?

One way in which Earth's atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere is through the process of evaporation. Water from oceans, lakes, and rivers evaporates into the atmosphere, where it then condenses to form clouds and eventually falls back to the Earth's surface as precipitation, completing the water cycle.


What is water in solid or liquid form that falls from the atmosphere to earth?

Rain


What is a piece of stone that falls from earth's surface?

A piece of stone that falls from the Earth's surface is called a meteorite. Meteorites are rocks that survive the journey through Earth's atmosphere and land on the surface after being part of a meteoroid or asteroid in space.


A fragment of space matter burning in Earth's atmosphere?

A meteor. Technically, "meteor" is the fiery trail of the space rock as it falls. If the rock survives passing through the atmosphere, the rock (or fragments of it) are called "meteorites".


What force acting on a meteor falling down through the earths atmosphere?

The main force acting on a falling meteor through the Earth's atmosphere is gravity. Gravity pulls the meteor downward towards the Earth's surface, causing it to accelerate as it falls. Air resistance also plays a role in slowing down the meteor's descent as it interacts with the atmosphere.