The Estimated Total Infall of Meteoritic and Extraterrestrial Material from Space

question 95

Multiple Choice

The estimated total infall of meteoritic and extraterrestrial material from space per day on Earth is

• A) about 30 tons.
• B) less than 1 ton.
• C) about 1 million tons.
• D) about 300 tons.

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