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This happens frequently (about 2000 time per year), mostly small bits of rock surviving atmospheric frictional heating. Rarely, huge chunks survive to impact, causing vast craters with very damaging consequences for planet, environment, and life.
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It is only called a meteorite if it hits the Earth. Otherwise it is just a meteor. If it is just traveling through space away from our atmosphere, it is a meteoroid. Most meteors are just dust and sand. We can tell their composition, by studying their spectra as they burn up in the atmosphere.
The fastest meteors travel at about 42 km/sec (the escape velocity of the solar system). Earth's orbital speed is about 30 km/sec. So, if they are moving exactly opposite to Earth's motion in its orbit, they can be traveling at a maximum relative speed of about 72.9 km/sec as they enter the atmosphere.
They generally have no effects on life, until one impacts at which time the impactor can cause a major extinction event (sometimes killing over 90% of life on land) and thereby major changes in the direction of evolution.
most likely if a fairly large asteroid hits earth it will wipe out all signs of any life that was present.
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How does they biosphere affect people and what they do?
it provides us with resources to survive. :)
What are the three major types of Meteorites?
Stony meteorites, iron meteorites, stony-iron meteorites.
How does the biosphere affect climat echange?
Global worming and climate change doesn't exist. It is a hoax.
What are the 3 main group classifications of meteorites?
The three main group classifications of meteorites are stony meteorites (chondrites and achondrites), iron meteorites, and stony-iron meteorites (pallasites and mesosiderites). These classifications are based on the composition and structure of the meteorite.
What are the 3 types of meteorite?
Iron meteorites, stony meteorites and stony-iron meteorites.
How do humans affect the biosphere?
Humans affect the biosphere in numerous ways. One of the most common ways in which humans impact the biosphere is by their extraction of Natural Resources. Growth and expansion is another way in which humans affect the biosphere.
What are some problems in the biosphere that affect the quality of life in the biosphere?
one is overhunting
How does the biosphere affect the geosphere?
the geosphere will create earthquakes that cause the biosphere to die and there homes get destroyed
How the biosphere affect the geosphere?
the geosphere will create earthquakes that cause the biosphere to die and there homes get destroyed
How do summer monsoons of India affect the hydrosphere geosphere and the biosphere?
What is the difference between geosphere and biosphere?
How hoes dust bowl affect the biosphere?
the dust!
How. How does the biosphere affect the atmosphere?
it warms up the planet
How does they biosphere affect people and what they do?
it provides us with resources to survive. :)
How does flying an airplane affect the biosphere?
When an airplane crashes into it, mass fires occur.
Does the moon have an atmospherehow does this affect the moon?
It has a very thin atmosphere, it doen't affect the moon at all. Meteorites still bump on the moon.
Do tsunamis cause damage to the biosphere?
no because it does not release any gases, chemicals, etc. But, it may affect the biosphere if it destroys any factory, etc. but it is indirect.
How does the sun affect the biosphere?
gives sunlight to the living things so they won't die
