Question

You are sitting in your bedroom and all of a sudden you see a bright glow in the sky. Then, an object blasts through your roof and makes a huge dent in the floor next to you. You look at the object and you can see it is a rock about the size of a pebble that appears to be very hot. A group of people arrives to determine what happened. Whose statement uses the correct term for the object?

Answer 1

A meteorite?

Step-by-step explanation:

It was small and hot because friction from falling to Earth burned it up.

Can you add more detail? It says whose statement uses the correct term, but there are no statements.

Answer 2

Meteor

Step-by-step explanation:

A meteor is a huge rock that blasts through the sky. A meteor goes so fast, it creates a streak of fire. At night, you can sometimes see a lot of these in the sky which is called a meteor shower.