A piece of space debris that you pick up off the ground is called an?

Question

a. asteroid, b. meteoroid, c. meteor, d. meteorite, e. comet.

Answer 1

It is a meteorite. A meteoroid is space debris before it enters the atmosphere and a meteor is what it is called as it enters the atmosphere. Once it hits the ground it is called a meteorite.

Answer 2

D. Meteorite

(Per Wikipedia...)

Meteorites that are recovered after being observed as they transitted the atmosphere or impacted the Earth are called falls. All other meteorites are known as finds. As of mid-2006, there are approximately 1050 witnessed falls having specimens in the world's collections. In contrast, there are over 31,000 well-documented meteorite finds[4].

Answer 3

Meteorite. It's a a meteor untill it hits the earth. I don't know what you would call it if it were man made and simply fell from orbit. scrap metal I suppose.

Answer 4

A meteorite.