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If a small body burns and glows in the atmosphere but does not reach the surface what is it called?

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Correct answer: Meteor

Direct answer: D, meteor. A small rocky body from space is called a meteoroid while it is still travelling in space. When it enters an atmosphere and heats up, producing a bright streak, the visible phenomenon is called a meteor. If part of the body survives the passage and reaches the ground, that remaining piece is called a meteorite. Option A, meteorite, is wrong because the question says the body does not reach the surface. Option B, asteroid, usually means a larger rocky body orbiting the Sun, not the glowing atmospheric streak. Option C, satellite, is a body orbiting a planet or another body and does not describe this burning event. Option D is correct. Memory cue: meteoroid in space, meteor in air, meteorite on land.

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