The Rate of Cratering

question 58

Multiple Choice

The rate of cratering:

• A)has remained constant over the last 4.6 billion years.
• B)has recently increased with more collisions in the asteroid belt.
• C)fluctuates over time, with massive bodies occasionally coming in from the Oort Cloud.
• D)shows that large asteroid impacts are more common now than in the past.
• E)shows that most interplanetary debris was swept up soon after the formation of the solarsystem.

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