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What does meteroite mean?
A meteor is the flash of light caused when a space rock passes into the Earth's atmosphere and is heated to incandescence by friction and compressive heating. If the space rock is not destroyed, the rock fragment that hits the ground is called a "meteorite".
What is an icy piece of rock fragment moving through space?
That, my friend would be a Comet.
What rock has shell fragment feldspar fragment and quartz fragment?
The rock which has fragments of feldsper and quartz is Bioclastic Limestone.
What is it called when one rock fragment slips past another?
strike and slip
What is it called when a lump of rock or metal burns before reaching the ground?
It's just called burning up. It does not have a special name.
A rock fragment traveling in space is called a?
Its a meteoroid! or an asteroid
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 does meteroite mean?
A meteor is the flash of light caused when a space rock passes into the Earth's atmosphere and is heated to incandescence by friction and compressive heating. If the space rock is not destroyed, the rock fragment that hits the ground is called a "meteorite".
A rock traveling through space is called?
Depending on the size of the rock, we might refer to it as a meteoroid, a comet, an asteroid, a moon, or a planet.
What is an icy piece of rock fragment moving through space?
That, my friend would be a Comet.
What is a rock splinter called?
A rock splinter is commonly referred to as a rock shard or rock fragment.
What rock has shell fragment feldspar fragment and quartz fragment?
The rock which has fragments of feldsper and quartz is Bioclastic Limestone.
What is it called when one rock fragment slips past another?
strike and slip
What is it called when a lump of rock or metal burns before reaching the ground?
It's just called burning up. It does not have a special name.
What celestial space object can a meteor come from?
The average space rock that becomes a meteor is typically a fragment from a comet, or a shard thrown off when two asteroids collide.
What is the general term for a rock fragment present in a sedimentary rock?
The general term for a rock fragment is a sedimentary rock. This is taught in science.
What fragment of rock starts with x?
xenolith
