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j.rubin

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What causes an asteroid to drop out of orbit and travel toward Earth?
   a. the gravitational influence of planets
   b. the gravitational attraction of the sun
   c. a change in magnetic characteristics due to its age
   d. only the collision with another asteroid.
   e. the slow loss of water, causing a change in path

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What are shatter cones?
   a. funnel-shaped cones of rock with apex pointing downward, with striations radiating downward and outward
   b. funnel-shaped cones of rock with apex pointing upward, with striations radiating downward and outward
   c. cone-shaped depressions in and around the crater, caused by hypervelocity impact
   d. vertical cracks in rocks, radiating outward from the point of impact
   e. rocks that shattered at impact, leaving cone-shaped depressions where the rocks once were


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b


j.rubin

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Reply #2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Thank you :)


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