Author Question: When you see the bright flash of a meteor, what are you actually seeing? A) emission of visible ... (Read 69 times)

codyclark · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

When you see the bright flash of a meteor, what are you actually seeing?

A) emission of visible light from a particle that has not yet entered Earth's atmosphere
B) the glow from a pea-size particle and the surrounding air as the particle burns up in our atmosphere
C) a star that has suddenly shot across the sky
D) the flash that occurs when a speeding rock from space hits the ground

Question 2

We are at ________ in January, when we are closest to the Sun in our elliptical orbit.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word