Imagine you're playing outside and you see a bright streak of light shooting across the sky. That's a meteor, also called a shooting star! It's a tiny piece of rock or dust from space that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Sometimes, though, a bigger piece of space rock survives the trip and crashes onto Earth. That's called a meteorite! It's like a giant rock from outer space that landed on our planet.

Think of it like this:

* Meteor: Like a tiny firework that disappears quickly.

* Meteorite: Like a big rock that lands and stays on Earth.

Meteorites can be really old, even older than dinosaurs! They tell us about the other planets and things in our solar system. Scientists study them to learn about space.

Sometimes, people find meteorites lying around, and they're really cool to look at! They might be bumpy or have a different color than regular rocks.