Multiple choice

Which of the folowing is the other name for a shooting star?

  1. Comet

  2. Asteroid

  3. Meteor

  4. Meteorites

  5. Milky Way
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Explanation

Meteor is made of debris. It enters the Earth's atmosphere at a very high speed. The friction with the atmosphere makes the meteor hot and it burns till it disintegrates. As it falls to the ground, it glows  brightly. Thus, it is called a shooting star.

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