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1. Where do meteorites come from in space?
2. What kinds of meteorites are found on
Earth? In other words, how are
meteorites classified or arranged? This
goes back in part (but not totally) to Question # 1.
3.
How did these different kinds
of
meteorites form? In other words, what
does each of the main kind of meteorite represent?
This goes back in part (but not totally) to
Question # 1.
4.
How does an impact crater form? What does the size of the crater tell us
about the size of the projectile?
5.
Why are there different crater
densities
on the Moon (different numbers of craters in one area compared to
another)? At least two completely
different explanations.
6.
What is the relationship
between the
crater density (crater count) and age for the Moon?
For the Earth?
7. There are real problems in using crater
density to determine the age of a surface.
Think of at least two problems that would make this method
suspect.