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A burning streak of light called a what?
A burning streak of light is called a "meteor." This phenomenon occurs when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction with the air, creating a bright trail. If it survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth, it is referred to as a "meteoroid."
What is a shooting star and what layer of atmosphere would it be seen?
A shooting star, or meteor, is a space rock entering Earth's atmosphere and burning up due to friction. It can be seen in the mesosphere, the third layer of Earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
Is a shooting star not a star?
Correct. A shooting star is a meteor, a small object burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
How does burning fossil fuels affect the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is the rocky crust of the earth, Earth's surface. Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) has no real effect on the lithosphere, but has a very big effect on the atmosphere.
What displays of light is caused by something burning up in earth's atmosphere?
When something burns up in Earth's atmosphere, it creates a bright streak of light known as a meteor or shooting star. This is caused by the friction and heat generated as the object enters the atmosphere at high speed, causing it to glow and disintegrate. If the object survives and lands on Earth, it is known as a meteorite.
What do you call an asteroid burning up in the Earth's atmosphere?
A meteor.
Do meteors glow as they collide with earth's atmosphere?
Yes and No, When they are flying down toward earth the are burning in the atmosphere thus making them appear to glow.
When an asteroid is burning up in the Earth's atmosphere what is called?
meteor A shooting star.
How do you classify a meteorite?
A meteorite is a meteoroid that has entered earth's atmosphere with out completely burning up
What is a piece of rock or dust from space burning up in the earth's atmosphere called?
asteriod
What causes the earth to have to many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
people burning fossle fules.
If you see a falling star how long ago did that star really fall being that its light years away?
What we call falling stars are really just pieces of space debris or rock burning up as they enter the earth's atmosphere, so they are comparatively not very far away. We see it almost as it happens.
How have we polluted earth's atmosphere?
The earth's atmosphere has been polluted the burning of fossil fuels that releases nitrogen oxides, sulfur and carbon monoxide in the air. Other man-made pollutants from factories also contribute to polluting the atmosphere.
A burning streak of light called a what?
A burning streak of light is called a "meteor." This phenomenon occurs when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction with the air, creating a bright trail. If it survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth, it is referred to as a "meteoroid."
What stops a space shuttle burning up?
The space shuttle is protected from burning up during re-entry by its heat shield, made of materials that can withstand the intense heat generated by friction with the Earth's atmosphere. This heat shield dissipates the heat away from the shuttle, allowing it to safely re-enter the Earth's atmosphere without burning up.
Is the sun really a star in earth's the atmosphere?
yes it is ;D
How do meteors orbit the sun?
Meteors do not orbit the Sun. Meteors are to be found/seen in the Earth's atmosphere burning up. Before they enter the Earths atmosphere they are called meteoroids and if they land on Earth they are called meteorites.
