Question

Which term specifically describes small chunks of rocks and debris in space that travel through the Earth’s atmosphere and hit its surface?

meteorites

meteoroids

meteors

meteorides

Answer 1

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Here is your answer :-

Meteorites are the term specially describes small chunks of rocks and debris in space that travels through the earth's atmosphere and hit its surface.

Answer 2

Answer:

Meteorites describes small chunks of rocks and debris in space that travel through Earth’s atmosphere

Option A

Explanation:

Meteoroids are the big chunks of rocks and ice that are found in outer space that comes closer to earth and inside the earth’s gravitational field. Meteors are those Meteoroids that come into earth’s gravitational field and come down to the earth’s atmosphere with huge speed.

This leads to often burning and vaporizing of the rocks in the outer atmosphere. Among them, those pieces which come to earth’s surface after surviving all those heat, are called meteorites.