Multiple Choice
Relatively few impact craters have been discovered on Earth because _________________.
A) most rocks are too resistant to crater
B) the gravitational field is too weak
C) weathering,erosion,and tectonic processes erase them
D) Jupiter is so massive that it deflects potential impactors away from Earth
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