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Which of the following best describes a shooting star?
Which of the following best describes a shooting star?
- A rock that hits the ground
- A meteor that burns up in the sky (correct)
- A star that falls toward Earth
- A planet that moves through outer space
What causes a shooting star to catch on fire?
What causes a shooting star to catch on fire?
- The sun's heat (correct)
- The dust and rocks in outer space
- The earth's atmosphere
- The burning of gas
What are meteor showers?
What are meteor showers?
- Events when the earth moves through an area with lots of dust and rocks (correct)
- Events when the sun's heat warms frozen lumps of dust and rocks
- Events when shooting stars fall to the ground
- Events when shooting stars burn up in the sky
What happens when a meteor doesn't completely burn up in the sky?
What happens when a meteor doesn't completely burn up in the sky?
What do most meteorites look like?
What do most meteorites look like?
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