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What is a chunk of rock that floats in space and sometimes zooms into Earth's atmosphere? * 4 points asteroid comet meteor hail

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There are a lot of small chunks of rock floating through space. These are called meteoroids. If one of these meteoroids comes close enough to the earth, it will be captured by gravity and plunge through the atmosphere.

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