Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect ?

A. They are meteors

B. They are the debris which got separated from a comet

C. They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth's atmosphere

D. They are a kind of a star

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Shooting stars look like stars that quickly shoot across the sky, but they are not stars. A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere.