What is a meteor?

What is a meteor?
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A meteor is a small piece of debris from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction, producing a streak of light in the sky known as a shooting star.
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Recent discoveries of ancient cratering near the Yucatan Peninsula support the theory that a meteor or cometary impact may have resulted in mass extinctions of species on Earth about 65 million years ago. During which geologic period is that impact thought to have occurred? w) Permian x) Triassic y) Jurassic z) Cretaceous

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