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What is a rock or metal that pludges through the atmosphere and falls to earth?
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an asteroid
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Describe an example of how water moves through the hydrosphere?
water evaporates from the ocean to the atmosphere, falls back to earth as rain, and runs into the ocean.
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 happens to precipitation that falls on earth's surface?
It either gets absorbed by the earth or it evaporates and goes back into the atmosphere
Does the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere that condenses and falls t earth can be measured with a psychrometer?
psychrometer
What happens to water once it reaches the earth's atmosphere?
Water in the atmosphere stays there as water vapor, or it condenses and falls as rain, snow, hail, etc.
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 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.
Describe an example of how water moves through the hydrosphere?
water evaporates from the ocean to the atmosphere, falls back to earth as rain, and runs into the ocean.
What is the loud whizzing stones?
A loud whizzing stone may be referring to the sound a meteor makes when it falls to Earth. A meteor refers to space rocks that are able to break through the Earth's atmosphere and falls from the sky at a rapid speed.
What is water in solid or liquid form that falls from the atmosphere to earth?
Rain
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.
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 are the two factors that determine the light that falls on the surface of the earth?
The Sun's output, and the absorption by the Earth's atmosphere.
What is water in solid or liquid form that falls from the atmosphere to Earth called?
Rain
What happens to precipitation that falls on earth's surface?
It either gets absorbed by the earth or it evaporates and goes back into the atmosphere
What happens when a small object hits earth's gravity?
Generally it falls into the atmosphere and burns up.
