GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Meteorites are space rocks that fall to Earth’s surface. Meteorites are the last stage in the existence of these type of space rocks. Before they were meteorites, the rocks were meteors. Before they were meteors, they were meteoroids.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two main types of stony meteorite: chondrites (some of the oldest materials in the solar system) and achondrites (including meteorites from asteroids, Mars and the Moon). Both chondrites and achondrites have many subgroups based on their compositions, structures and the minerals they contain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteoroids are what meteorites are called while still in space (5). Meteors are “the streaks of light we see at night as small meteoroids burns up passing through our atmosphere” (1) Shooting stars are “small pieces of rock or dust that hit Earth’s atmosphere from space” (2). They include meteors and fireballs (1).