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    The passage discusses the types and locations of meteorites found on Earth. It describes iron meteorites as comprising 5% of meteorite falls and having compositions similar to Earth's iron core. It notes that Antarctica and the Nullarbor Plain in Australia are prime hunting grounds for meteorites due to their backgrounds making meteorites easily visible. It states that over 90% of meteorites are stony chondrites but are difficult to find because they erode easily on Earth's surface.

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    The passage discusses the types and locations of meteorites found on Earth. It describes iron meteorites as comprising 5% of meteorite falls and having compositions similar to Earth's iron core. It notes that Antarctica and the Nullarbor Plain in Australia are prime hunting grounds for meteorites due to their backgrounds making meteorites easily visible. It states that over 90% of meteorites are stony chondrites but are difficult to find because they erode easily on Earth's surface.

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    The passage discusses the types and locations of meteorites found on Earth. It describes iron meteorites as comprising 5% of meteorite falls and having compositions similar to Earth's iron core. It notes that Antarctica and the Nullarbor Plain in Australia are prime hunting grounds for meteorites due to their backgrounds making meteorites easily visible. It states that over 90% of meteorites are stony chondrites but are difficult to find because they erode easily on Earth's surface.

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    T t easily recognizable meteorites are the iron variety, although they only represent about

    h 5 percent of all meteorite falls. They are composed of iron and nickel along with sulfur,
    e carbon, and traces of other elements. Their composition is thought to be similar to that
    m of Earth’s iron core, and indeed they might have once made up the core of a large
    o planetoid that disintegrated long ago. Due to their dense structure, iron meteorites have
    s the best chance of surviving an impact, and most are found by farmers
    plowing their fields.

    One of the best hunting grounds for meteorites is on the glaciers of Antarctica,
    where the dark stones stand out in stark contrast to the white snow and ice. When
    (10) meteorites fall on the continent, they are embedded in the moving ice sheets. At places
    where the glaciers move upward against mountain ranges, meteorites are left exposed
    on the surface. Some of the meteorites that have landed in Antarctica are believed to
    have come from the Moon and even as far away as Mars, when large impacts blasted
    out chunks of material and hurled them toward Earth.

    (15) Perhaps the world's largest source of meteorites is the Nullarbor Plain, an area of
    limestone that stretches for 400 miles along the southern coast of Western and South
    Australia. The pale, smooth desert plain provides a perfect backdrop for spotting
    meteorites, which are usually dark brown of black. Since very little erosion takes place,
    the meteorites are well preserved and are found just where they landed. Over 1,000
    (20) fragments from 150 meteorites that fell during the last 20,000 years have been
    recovered. One large iron meteorite, called the Mundrabilla meteorite, weighed more
    than 11 tons.

    Stony meteorites, called chondrites, are the most common type and make up more than
    90 percent of all falls. But because they are similar to Earth materials and therefore
    (25) erode easily, they are often difficult to find. Among the most ancient bodies in the solar
    system are the carbonaceous chondrites that also contain carbon compounds that might
    have been the precursors of life on Earth.
    23. What is the passage mainly about?
    (A) Finding meteorites on Earth's surface
    (B) How the composition of meteorites is similar to that of Earth
    (C) Why most meteorites do not survive impact with Earth
    (D) The origins of meteorites

    24. The word "core" in line 4 is closest in meaning to


    (A) center (B) surface (C) mineral (D) field

    25. The author mentions "dark stones" and "white snow" in line 9 to illustrate that
    (A) meteorites are found most often in Antarctica
    (B) glaciers stop meteorites from mixing with soil
    (C) meteorites are easier to find in glacial
    areas (D) most of Antarctica is covered with
    meteorites

    26. The word "embedded" in line 10 is closest in meaning to

    (A) isolated

    (B) encased

    (C) enhanced

    D) enlarged

    27. The word "spotting" in line 17 is closest in meaning to

    (A) removing

    (B) identifying

    (C) cooling

    (D) falling

    28. The passage suggests that which of the following is most commonly responsible for the poor
    preservation of meteorites that fall to Earth?
    (A) The size of the fragments (B) Ice sheets
    (C) Erosion (D) Desert heat

    29. Where was the Mundrabilla meteorite discovered?


    (A) On the Nullarbor Plain (B) In a field
    (C) On a mountain (D) In Antarctica
    30. The word "they" in line 25 refers to
    (A) stony meteorites (B) falls (C) Earth materials (D) ancient bodies

    31. Why does the author mention carbonaceous chondrites (line


    26)? (A) They are the largest meteorites found on Earth
    (B) They are most likely to be found whole.
    (C) They come from outside the solar system.
    (D) They may be related to the origins of life on Earth.

    32. According to the passage, stony meteorites are


    (A) composed of fragmented materials (B) less likely to be discovered than iron
    meteorites
    (C) mostly lost in space (D) found only on the Nubblarbor Plain

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