Meteorites to Xenoliths

Question 1

are solid extraterrestrial objects that strike the surface of the Earth after surviving passage through the atmosphere.

Answer 1

Meteorites

Question 2

are thus considered to be the most “primitive” type of meteorites

Answer 2

Chondrites

Question 3

they are thought to have compositions clostest to the original solar nebula.

Answer 3

Chondrite

Question 4

are considered to be masses of oceanic crust and upper mantle thrust onto the edge of a continent or incorporated in mountain belts

Answer 4

Ophiolites

Question 5

presumed mantle material are occasionally carried to the surface in some basalts.

Answer 5

Xenolith

Question 6

Deeper mantle material is believed to come to the surface as xenoliths in diamond- bearing____

Answer 6

Kimberlite