Meteors or shooting stars are visible in the night sky. But what are they? How do they form? All BUT ONE choice helps us describe a meteor.
A) Once a meteor hits Earth, it is called a meteorite.
B) They are bits of interplanetary material falling to Earth.
C) Meteors originate in a meteor belt between Mars and Jupiter.
D) They are heated to incandescence by friction and as they pass into our atmosphere, this creates the tail.