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Which terms describe space objects that are small chunks of rock and debris that are smaller than 1 km?

a. meteoroids
b. asteroids
c. meteors
d. meteorites E.comets

User Dixon
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Answer:

(A) meteoroids

(C)meteors

(D) meteorites

Step-by-step explanation:

User Ben Parsons
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The correct answer is Meteoroid!

Meteoroids are significantly smaller asteroids. .

A meteor is a Meteoroid passing through the atmosphere and leaving the visual trace that we are all familiar with.
A meteorite is the part of the meteoroid that actually reaches the Earth.
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