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Meteoroids that strike Earth are called _____.

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The little stone while it's still in space . . . "meteoroid" .

The streak of light it makes shooting through atmosphere . . . "meteor" .

The piece of it that's left when it gets to the ground . . . "meteorite" .

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meteorite is when a meteor survives the earth atmosphere and Impacts the earth successfully.

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