SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -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. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.

Detailed explanation-2: -When meteoroids enter the Earth’s surface, they get heated up due to friction with the air, which causes them to burn out. These are then called meteors and they are sometimes visible as shooting stars.

Detailed explanation-3: -The root word meteor comes from the Greek meteōros, meaning “high in the air". Millions of meteors occur in Earth’s atmosphere daily. Most meteoroids that cause meteors are about the size of a grain of sand, i.e. they are usually millimeter-sized or smaller.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct option is C Meteorites. Meteoroids that land on the surface of the Earth are called meteorites.

Detailed explanation-5: -A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth’s atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere.