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.

Apply knowledge of definitions to analyze real-world examples.

Understand Lewin's force field analysis model, including the concepts of unfreezing, movement, and refreezing.

Recognize the balance of driving and restraining forces in achieving stability or change.

Identify reasons for and manifestations of resistance to change.

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Definitions:

Distribution Method

Strategies and channels a company uses to deliver its goods or services to consumers.

Inverted-U Theory

A hypothesis suggesting that income inequality will rise and then fall over the course of economic development, forming an inverted U-shape curve.

R&D Expenditures

Funds allocated by companies, institutions, or governments towards research and development activities to innovate or improve products, services, or processes.

Industry Concentration

Industry concentration is the degree to which a small number of firms dominate the total output, sales, or employment in an industry.