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Which diagram correctly describes the changes that occur as a small piece of rock falls from space and hits the Earth?

a. meteor meteoriod meteorite
b. meteoroid meteorite → Meteor
c. meteorold - meteor meteorite
d. meteorite meteor — meteoroid"

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Meteoroid - meteor meteorite. Option C is correct.

A meteoroid is a tiny rock or trash object that is launched into space. A meteor is a streak of light that is created when a meteoroid burns up and gets extremely hot as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

So, A meteorite is created when part of a meteoroid makes it through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.

Therefore, the correct order of events is: meteoroid → meteor → meteorite.

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