2006-09-05 11:28:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Meteors are pieces of rock that are falling down through the atmosphere, I think that's the answer you want. Before the stones strike the atmosphere, they are known as meteoroids. After they hit the ground, they are meteorites. Many people get these terms mixed up, so it's a good idea to know which is which.
2006-09-05 11:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Meteors, if they are "big" and meteorites if they are "small". Since a meteor would probably wipe out all life on earth, pieces of stone that have entered the Earth's atmosphere in the recent past are called meteorites.
2006-09-05 18:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by The Prince 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Meteors
2006-09-05 18:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A meteor,(It's actually the pod people coming to take over!!)
2006-09-05 18:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by scott m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
meteor rock, meteors also do have some metal in them as well their not just rock
2006-09-05 18:31:33 · answer #5 · answered by froggy_dimebag 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a meteor
2006-09-05 18:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by john b 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they fall too often, or in huge pieces, I think they could be called....
worrying!
;-)
2006-09-05 18:48:59 · answer #7 · answered by fount_of_all_knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Deadly missiles.'
2006-09-05 18:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
meteors or meteoriods
2006-09-05 18:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
meteorites or space dust.
2006-09-05 18:35:15 · answer #10 · answered by tiger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋