Q: When a meteoroid reaches earth, what is the remaining object called?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Meteoroids are smaller than asteroids, ranging from the size of boulders to the size of sand grains. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they vaporize, creating a trail of glowing gas called a meteor. If any of the meteoroid reaches Earth, the remaining object is called a meteorite.

 Choices:

- comet

- meteor

- orbit

- meteorite


A:
meteorite