The Widmanstätten Pattern of Crystals Found in Many Iron Meteorites

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Widmanstätten pattern of crystals found in many iron meteorites is evidence that the meteorites

• A) cooled slowly over many millions of years.
• B) cooled quickly, in only a few years at most.
• C) have suffered highly energetic collisions with asteroids or other meteorites.
• D) have been subject to periodic heating by close approaches to the Sun.

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