1 4: Meteoroid, Meteor, and Meteorite: How are they Related?
vore. This activity is taken from the DepEd Grade 8 Learner's Material.
objectives:
Describe the changes that happens to a fragment from a comet or asteroid
as it enters the Earth's atmosphere; and,
Represent the relationship between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite.
ocedure:
Read the selection and answer the questions as you go along.
vore. This activity is taken from the DepEd Grade 8 Learner's Material.
objectives:
Describe the changes that happens to a fragment from a comet or asteroid
as it enters the Earth's atmosphere; and,
Represent the relationship between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite.
ocedure:
Read the selection and answer the questions as you go along.
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Answer:
Meteoroids and meteors are 2 parts of a whole, meteorites are what they are if they survive the landing to Earth's surface.
Explanation:
A meteor refers to the flash of light we see in the sky and the meteoroid is the actual debris that makes the light from entering Earth at high velocities. When the meteor hits the ground, if it somehow doesn't burn up in the atmosphere, it is then referred to as a meteorite.
Meteoroid in common language can refer to the rock in space and meteor can refer to what the rock is when it enters the atmosphere. Meteorite remains consistent.
Metoeroid- is the fragment itself falling towards earth from space
Meteor - when the fragment enters the atmosphere
Meteorite- the fragment falls on earth or landed specifically
All three are the cycles of how a meteoroid enters earth