Multiple Choice
A typical shooting star in a meteor shower is caused by a entering Earth's atmosphere.
A) microscopic particle of interstellar dust
B) pea- size particle from a comet
C) boulder- size particle from a comet
D) boulder- size particle from an asteroid
E) pea- size particle from an asteroid
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