meteorites

Question 1

what are the 3 types of meteorite?

Answer 1

iron
stony
carbonaceous

Question 2

what are iron meteorites made up of?

Answer 2

iron and nickel

Question 3

what layer of the earth are iron meteorites thought to represent?

Answer 3

core

Question 4

what are stony meteorites made up of?

Answer 4

peridotite

Question 5

what layer of the earth are stony meteorites thought to represent?

Answer 5

mantle

Question 6

what are carbonaceous meteorites made up of?

Answer 6

water and organic compounds

Question 7

what are carbonaceous meteorites thought to represent/

Answer 7

composition of material before planet formed

Question 8

what are the evidence for impact craters? x5

Answer 8

they're circular
quartz grains shocked or melted
rock strata tilted by impact
material at base is brecciated
ejected material falls back to earth n an inverted sequence