Thursday, October 15, 2015

Meteor Impacts

How do meteor impacts affect the surface of the Earth. Please do some research and find some facts about how meteors change the surface of the Earth.  Also cite your sources. 

65 comments:

Tayte said...

When they hit the surface the rocks make holes in the earth that sometimes makes lakes and ponds.

Anonymous said...

when it hit the surface of the earth it is like a earthquake and it makes a big hole in the earth.

Sabrina C said...

The meteor gets trapped in the earths atmosphere and after a while will hit the earth.

Anonymous said...

Meteors can destroy either large sections of the Earth or THE WHOLE EARTH...!!!

Anonymous said...

Meteorites can change the surface of the by making a giant bowl shaped hole in the surface of the Earth.

Anthony E said...

Meteor Impacts can change the surface of the Earth by forming craters in the ground.

Anonymous said...

Meteor Impacts do a lot of damage to the surface of the Earth.Meteors can destroy objects from miles away.They can leave giant indents into the surface of the Earth.

Brianna M. said...

Meteor impacts cause tsunamis, explosions, global firestorms, temperature effects, and so much more to change the surface of the Earth.

http://www.astronomynotes.com/solfluf/s5.htm

Grace D said...

The meteor gets trapped in earths atmosphere and it will hit the earth.

Riley H. said...

Meteor impacts effect the surface of the earth from craters.

Jasmine C. said...

Meteor impacts affect the surface of the earth by crushing down on earth and braking everything.

Brandon M said...

Meteors can affect the Earth because they struck the surface at so high force that it makes a big difference in the surface of the earth now has a huge dent in it.

Anonymous said...

Meteors can change the impact on the earth by hitting the earth.

Ian L said...






Meteors can come in different shapes and sizes like big meteors can do lots of damage and little meteors do little damage.Here is a fact about meteors. Earth experiences meteors everyday.Here is the website I got it from science kids.com


Nicole said...

A meteor shower can cause damage to anything and everything and also can destroy the earths surface and kill thousands of people and blowup anything it wants.

Anonymous said...

meteor impacts will leave craters, and shake the earth like an earthquake. it can cause windows to break, and housed crumble.

Anonymous said...

They fall towards the earth so hard that they leave craters in the earth.

Daniel.B said...

I think if there was meteor I think it will leave a big hole and there will be firs and a lot of car alarms going off and ti will make a lot of people freak out.

jada f said...

when it hits the surface it makes a big hole on the ground that is big.

Anonymous said...

it changes the area that is hits because it leaves and crator

Gabe L said...

Every day, rocks plummet from space into Earth's atmosphere, so small that they combust and burn away before they can collide with the surface. Occasionally, though, a rock large enough to survive the descent strikes the planet, earning the name “meteorite.” Research suggests a meteorite greater than 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) in diameter could alter Earth's ecosystems through its effects on temperature, photosynthesis and the composition of air and water.
http://science.opposingviews.com/effect-meteorites-earths-ecosystems-2852.html

Kyle G said...

Obviously, something this big hitting the Earth is going to hit with a lot of energy! It will make a huge impact and change how the land looks.

Caelen Merrill said...

The meteors can make a difference to the surface of the Earth by making huge craters after landing!

LAUREN PRIDE said...

Meteors are bits of rocks and ice ejected from comets as they move in their orbits about the
sun
A meteor that reaches the ground it is called a meteorite.
Approximately 30 meteor showers occur each year that are visible to observers on Earth. Some
of these showers have been around longer than 100 years. For example, the Perseid meteor
shower, which occurs each year in August, was first observed about 2000 years ago and
recorded in the Chinese annals.
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/741990main_ten_meteor_facts.pdf

morrison doucette said...

When the meteor impact hit the grown it turns on car horns and smash the glass

Emily said...

When it hits the ground or the surface of the earth, it makes a big hole in the ground.

TYLER WANSOR said...

Many people refer to these structures as Meteorite Craters Meteor is the proper term for the object as it streaks through Earths atmosphere.

Lily G. said...

A meteror is a huge fragment that glows and burns up Earth's atmosphere.

Anonymous said...

They leave a huge crater in the surface of the earth.
cite:connorsbrain.gov

Breanna c said...

when meteors hit the floor of the earht they can cause massive extinction all over the world.

Abigail N said...

Every single day a meter impacts earth. When this happens it leaves craters when impact to earth happens. The reason this happens is because meters are like trash in space. This causes the different sizes of rocks. These rocks are leftovers from destroyed planets and such. A force we know as gravity pulls these rocks are pulled into earth and other planets and moons as well.

Anonymous said...

They could change evinorments or even citys. And it could be very bad

Abby D ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) said...

Well, metors are pieces of space-rock and ice that smashes into stuff and makes creators, Creactors can make lakes, and turn our planet into swiss-cheese!

Anonymous said...

when a meatour hits the earth it leaves a big inpact hole in ti aka a crater p.s #catfish

Anonymous said...

Sources = Myself


Meteor Impact. Meteor impacts effect the surface of the earth by creating a large hole in the ground. If a large enough meteor hit earth we would go into a meteoric winter. This would cause all plants and animals that need sunlight to die. This is what meteors do to the surface of the earth.

Brian Wakem said...

If there was a meteor impact the world would change because the meteor impacts so hard my source was my mind.

🏈Bradyn Neundorfer🏈 said...

They can take out all of human life if its big enough

Anonymous said...

A relatively small meteorite forms a simple impact crater. Measuring typically less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) in diameter, this type of impact crater is relatively smooth, bowl-shaped, and nearly circular. The rim or upper edge of the crater is well-defined and raised above the surrounding landscape. The interior of the crater is steepest near the rim. The slope gradually decreases toward the center of the crater.

http://www.scienceclarified.com/landforms/Faults-to-Mountains/Meteorite-Crater.html

Tristin R said...

Meteors can change the surface of the Earth by meteors leaving towns ruined and the surface of the Earth ruined having holes and different textures and everything like that

Jasmine L. said...

Meteor impacts affect the surface of the Earth by, when a meteor his earth, it can create a big hole in the earth, and sometimes, it can stay that way, forever.

Katelyn Piche said...

Meteor Impacts affect earth in lots of different ways. When a meteor hits, it creates dents in the earth. There can be different sized rocks, which means different sized dents. The earths different textures came from meteors.

Lily r said...

Meteor impact affect the earth by causing small or large craters on the surface depending on the size.

Nikki Newcomb said...

Meteor impacts affect the surface of the earth when they come and hit the ground at big speed and make a hole in the ground.

shawn Rebel said...

Meteor impacts makes creaters in the earth

noelle lewis said...

Meteorites can change the surface of the by making a big hole in the surface of the Earth.

Raven Da Senpai said...

Meteors can change the surface of the earth because the meteor CRASHES into the EARTH and when it hits the ground it can change Environments and could change one side of the Earth into something it never has looked ever so it could hit Cities or anything to make look how it has never looked before! DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

some me Meteors dont effect the Earth by its powerful mass of force but some do some also make ditches sand doones and also can make an effect were a meteoroid is so big it can form a mountian with no top.

kolby o said...

meteors don't effect the earth by its powerful mass of force but some do more damage than others
google.

Anonymous said...

meteors don't effect the earth by its powerful mass of force but some do more damage than others
google.

Anonymous said...

Meteor impact affects the surface of the earth by making holes in the ground.

lukas honeybuns said...

When they hit the surface the rocks make holes in the earth that sometimes makes lakes and ponds.

Anonymous said...

When they hit the surface the rocks make holes in the earth that sometimes make lakes and ponds.

alanah.t :P said...

meteor impacts can affect the surface of the earth by slaming big holes into it. And if the meteor is big enough, (like the one that wiped out the dinousours) it can cause massive earth quakes and volcanic activity, and it can also great giant clouds of ash and dust that can kill you.

morgan scott said...

that make holes in it

Anonymous said...

they can make holes in the ground so it makes lakes and pond or other things.

Andrew Iverson said...

They come at the earth in blazing speed. The impact it has with earth leaves a giant flaming hole in the surface of the earth.

Anonymous said...

Metor impacts make Craters Form in the ground there also just huge Holes

Anonymous said...

Meteor impacts ceate crators in the surface of the Earth

Anonymous said...

Meteor impacts can cause large holes in the ground called craters.

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Anonymous said...

"On October 9, 1992, a fireball was seen streaking across the sky from Kentucky to New York. At least 14 people captured part of the fireball on videotape; here is a spectacular MPEG movie (1 MB MPEG) of the fireball (source). A 12-kilogram stony meteorite (chondrite) from the fireball fell in Peekskill, New York, smashed the trunk of a parked automobile, and came to rest beneath it. These are the first motion picture recordings of a fireball with an associated meteorite fall. Here is a short MPEG movie of a -4 magnitude Delta Capricornid fireball (253 kB MPEG) recorded near Hannover, Germany, on January 5, 1995."



http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/impacts.html

Andrew Iverson said...

My source is my brain

Anonymous said...

Meteors can cause craters and tsunamis upon impact. (Impact Earth)

Anonymous said...

if a meteor lands in water it will cause a tsunami

Anonymous said...

Meteor impacts affect the surface of the Earth by, when a meteor his earth, it can create a big hole in the earth, and sometimes, it can stay that way, forever.