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THE UNIVERSE
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Which of the following statements about meteors is correct?
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Meteor is divided into three types, single meteors, meteoroid and meteor showers.
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A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.
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Meteoroids are significantly bigger than asteroids
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An estimated 25 million meteoroids and micrometeoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, which results in an estimated 15, 000 tonnes of that material entering the atmosphere each year.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A meteorite is a meteor once it has landed on the Earth surface. While it is traversing the atmosphere it is a meteor. While it is in space it is a meteoroid.
Detailed explanation-2: -Statement 3 is correct: Meteorite is a meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and lands upon the Earth’s surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finding Meteorites Typically less than 5 percent of the original object will ever make it down to the ground. These meteorites, pieces of meteors that are found, typically range between the size of a pebble and a fist. Don’t expect to find meteorites after a meteor shower.
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