just wondering..

[Virgin Mary]

Yes, when one hits the earth it's called a meteorite. There's giant craters all over the earth that are the results of impacts and a huge one is supposed to have caused the dinosaurs to die out in one way or another.

[Barmi]

Wasn't the Earth created from a meteor? (Big bang theory)

And you just confirmed my suspicion: you are not the brightest spanner in the tool box. You are confusing the commonly accepted scientific view on creation (Big Bang theory) with the commonly accepted scientific view on the extinction of dinosaurs (the large meteor hitting). These two are not synonymous.

To the OP: you might find the following entry interesting. Also check out any related links in the entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

[leah]

Nice post count.

Hardly, I suggested google because im sure that would have the answer.

[luce]

don't they just break up in the earths atmosphere

[Jesus-Egg]

Of course they do, meteors hit the Earth all the time. Small ones break up from the immense heat generated as they enter Earth's atmosphere, but larger ones do survive to the surface. However, really large ones have the potential to create a lot of damage, and a responsible for several mass extinctions.

Wasn't the Earth created from a meteor? (Big bang theory)

Ignoring the big bang bit, you are kind of right. During the formation of the solar system, the Sun was surrounded by a huge disk of dust, which over time clumped together, forming planetesimals, which attracted each other, and collided, getting bigger and bigger, eventually forming all the planets as we see them today.

[Zak]

ye there are numerous meteor craters scattered around the earth

I also heard like the others are saying that a huge meteor or asteroid strike killed off the dinosaurs