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1. What is the name of small bodies (smaller than asteroids) that travel through space? _______________________
2. Are most of these bodies smaller than pebbles or bigger than boulders? _____________________
3. Where do most of these objects come from? _______________________
4. What is the name of these same small bodies as they fall through the Earth's atmosphere? _______________________
5. What are two other common names for the bodies in question number two? _______________________ and _______________________
6. What is the name of the phenomenon in which many of thse objects fall
through the atmosphere in a relatively short time and in approximately parallel trajectories? ____________________________
7. Do most of these small bodies burn up before they land on Earth? ________________
8. What is the name of these same small bodies after they land on the Earth?_______________________
9. Are these objects rare or plentiful on Earth? ______________________
10. Are these objects made of rock, metals, rock and metal, or all of the above? __________________
