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Three kinds of meteorite

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Key words

Stony meteorite
A stony meteorite is one made mostly of rocky minerals, with little or no metal.
Chondrite
A chondrite is a stony meteorite full of tiny round grains called chondrules, and almost unchanged since the Solar System formed.
Chondrule
A chondrule is a tiny round grain, often smaller than a grain of rice, that formed as a melted droplet in space before the planets existed.
Iron meteorite
An iron meteorite is made mostly of iron and nickel metal.
Pallasite
A stony-iron meteorite with green olivine crystals set in a network of shiny iron-nickel metal.
Crystal
A crystal is a solid in which atoms are arranged in a neat, repeating three-dimensional pattern.

Choose the right answer

Circle the letter of the right answer.

  1. How did pieces of an asteroid's metal core get out into space?
    • AThe Sun pulled the core out
    • BThe core drifted out through a hole
    • CThe asteroid was smashed apart
    • DThe core melted and leaked out
  2. Which kind of meteorite is a pallasite?
    • AA chondrite
    • BA stony
    • CA stony-iron
    • DAn iron
  3. A meteorite is very heavy for its size and a magnet sticks to it strongly. Which kind is it most likely to be?
    • AStony
    • BIron
    • CStony-iron
    • DChondrite
  4. A meteorite is grey inside, a bit like concrete, with tiny specks of shiny metal. Which kind is it?
    • AIron
    • BStony-iron
    • CPallasite
    • DStony

True or false?

Is the answer given right? Tick True or False.

  1. Why did the metal end up in the middle of a melted asteroid?

    Answer given: It is heavy, so it sank TrueFalse

  2. Which kind of meteorite is the rarest?

    Answer given: Iron TrueFalse

Write your answer

Answer in a word or a short sentence.

  1. What kind of meteorite is Hoba, the biggest meteorite ever found?
  2. Where do iron meteorites come from?

Task

Make a sorting table with three columns: Stony, Iron, Stony-iron. Draw or describe one example in each column, and add words about how it looks: colour, shininess, specks of metal, crystals. If your school has rock samples, compare them with your table.

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