When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere, or another planet, such as Mars, at high speeds and burn, they are called meteors.
A meteorite is a solid fragment of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that emerges from space and survives as it passes through space to reach the surface of a planet or moon.
When meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere they come at great speed. Many burn. The fireballs or "shooting stars" they have are called meteors.
Thus, a meteoroid survives a space trip and crashes to the ground. If so, it is called a meteorite. Option D is the correct statement.
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