UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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has a tail of ice and gas
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is found in orbit between Jupiter and Mars
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enters the Earth’s atmoshere
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has a nucleus made of rock and snow.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Almost all the material is vaporized in Earth’s atmosphere, leaving a bright trail fondly called “shooting stars.” Several meteors per hour can usually be seen on any given night. Sometimes the number increases dramatically-these events are termed meteor showers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Comets are small icy dirtballs that orbit the Sun; comets are made of ice and dust while asteroids are made of rock). A meteor is a space rock-or meteoroid-that enters Earth’s atmosphere, as it – burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere, it creating a streak of light in the sky (often called “shooting stars").
Detailed explanation-3: -A meteor is made up of bits of dust and rock that broke away from colliding asteroids, comets, or planets. Most of these chunks of rock and metal burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and become meteoroids. If they reach Earth’s surface we call them meteorites.