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rlane42

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Suppose you find a meteorite made almost entirely of metal. According to current science, which of the following statements must be true?
 
  A) Your meteorite is a fragment of an object from the Kuiper belt.
  B) Your meteorite is a fragment from the core of a large asteroid that shattered in a collision.
  C) Your meteorite was blasted off the surface of Mars by an impact.
  D) Radiometric dating will show the age of your meteorite to date to the formation of our solar system.

Question 2

List the two major regions of the near side of the Moon, as seen with the naked eye.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

The darker maria and the brighter highlands





 

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