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________ disintegrate and burn up as shooting stars; ________ survive an impact event and a trip through Earth's atmosphere.

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Meteorites: meteoroids

Step-by-step explanation:

Meteorites are small particles from asteroids which orbit the sun while meteoroids is the meteorite which survived all the conditions such as atmospheric conditions to eventually land on the earth.

Meteorites disintegrate and burn up as shooting stars; meteoroids survive an impact event and a trip through Earth's atmosphere.

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