How do meteoroid meteor and meteorite differ?

Meteoroids are small rocky or metallic bodies in space, typically smaller than asteroids, ranging from tiny grains to objects up to a meter in size. When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up due to friction, it creates a bright streak of light known as a meteor or "shooting star." If a meteoroid survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface, it is then referred to as a meteorite. Thus, the key differences lie in their location and state: meteoroids are in space, meteors are the light phenomenon in the atmosphere, and meteorites are the remnants found on Earth.