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SOLAR SYSTEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It’s a small orbitting object made up of dust, ice & frozen gases
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a streak of light caused by a chunk of matter that enters Earth’s atmosphere and gets heated by the air
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a satellite of Earth
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The glow called Coma
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Detailed explanation-1: -Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks.” When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Actually, it is the air in front of the meteoroid that heats up. The particle is traveling at speeds between 20 and 30 kilometers per second. It compresses the air in front, causing the air to get hot. The air is so hot it begins to glow-creating a meteor-the streak of light observed from Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -meteors. A meteor is a space rock that hits the atmosphere of the Earth. It’s also another word for a shooting star.