What Causes a Meteor Shower

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Multiple Choice

What causes a meteor shower?

• A) If Earth happens to be near a comet when it breaks up, a meteor shower as debris enters Earth's atmosphere will be observed.
• B) Earth passes through the orbit of a comet. If the comet happens to be nearby, the normal ejecta from the nucleus will cause a meteor shower.
• C) Earth passes through the tail of a comet.
• D) Earth passes through the orbit of a former comet. The debris strewn through this orbit enters Earth's atmosphere and causes meteor showers.

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