Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites

Which of the following are often referred to as a falling star?

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorites

True or False: Meteoroids can be as small as a speck of dust.

• True

• False

Which of the following are often referred to as a falling star?

• space vacuum

• meteoroid misting

• meteor shower

• atmospheric star

True or False: All meteors eventually become meteorites.

• True

• False

Select all that apply. Meteoroids can be:

• rocky

• volcanic

• gaseous

• metallic

• planet size

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they burn up. Then they are called

• meteors

• asteroids

• comets

• moons

True or False: When a meteoroid becomes a meteorite, less than 5% of the original object typically makes it to Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Most meteorites come from

• Mercury

• Mars

• the moon

• asteroids

a small body made of dust or debris that travels through the space vacuum

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite

the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the earth's atmosphere

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite