Most meteors that strike the Earth's atmosphere

A. pass through the atmosphere and commonly land in the ocean.
B. are from the Oort cloud as determined from their chemical composition.
C. are from comets that passed too close to the earth and broke up into little pieces.
D. commonly burn up in the atmosphere and never reach the ground.
E. pass through the atmosphere and commonly land on continents.


Answer: D

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