Instructions: Answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.‘Alien’ minerals never found on Earth identified in meteoriteWhile generations of camel herders of El Ali town in Somalia had known about themeteorite, which is the ninth largest ever found, it wasn’t scientifically documented until a fewyears ago. The oddly smooth rock caught the eye of prospectors, and when they hit it with ahammer, a metallic tone resounded. They suspected it was an iron meteorite — an object fromspace largely made of iron and nickel, many of which are believed to have come from the coresof smashed asteroids or planetesimals, similar to our own planet's metallic center.The prospectors sent small samples of ___ meteorite to scientists for confirmation andfurther analysis, and ___ piece fell into ___ hands of Chris Herd, curator of the meteoritecollection at the University of Alberta. While studying the slice of rock, he noticed several crystalswith unusual compositions. Later analysis, including a comparison to synthetically createdminerals, confirmed his hunch: the composition and structure of the minerals had never beenseen before in nature.Herd named one mineral elaliite, after the meteorite itself, and the second elkinstantonite,after Lindy Elkins-Tanton, a planetary scientist at Arizona State University. Chi Ma, a meteoritemineralogist at the California Institute of Technology who has previously discovered dozens ofnew minerals, identified the third mineral, calling it Olsenite to honor the late Edward Olsen, aformer curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.Our planet has roughly 5,800 minerals, while only about 480 have been found inmeteorites. Many of those meteoritic minerals are truly alien — some 30 percent don't formnaturally on Earth. Studying the mineralogy of meteorites is "armchair solar system exploration,in a lot of ways", Herd says. "We're trying to constrain the variety of conditions that have existedwithin different planetary bodies".Adapted from: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/alien-minerals-never-found-on-earth-identified-in-meteorite The bold word “synthetically” (l. 10), in the context presented in the text, is classified as a/an: The bold word “synthetically” (l. 10), in the context presented in the text, is classified as a/an:

The bold word “synthetically” (l. 10), in the context...

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Ano: 2023

Banca: Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências - FUNDATEC

Prova: FUNDATEC - Prefeitura de André da Rocha - Professor Língua Estrangeira e Moderna - Inglês - 2023

Instructions: Answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.

‘Alien’ minerals never found on Earth identified in meteorite

While generations of camel herders of El Ali town in Somalia had known about the
meteorite, which is the ninth largest ever found, it wasn’t scientifically documented until a few
years ago. The oddly smooth rock caught the eye of prospectors, and when they hit it with a
hammer, a metallic tone resounded. They suspected it was an iron meteorite — an object from
space largely made of iron and nickel, many of which are believed to have come from the cores
of smashed asteroids or planetesimals, similar to our own planet's metallic center.
The prospectors sent small samples of ___ meteorite to scientists for confirmation and
further analysis, and ___ piece fell into ___ hands of Chris Herd, curator of the meteorite
collection at the University of Alberta. While studying the slice of rock, he noticed several crystals
with unusual compositions. Later analysis, including a comparison to synthetically created
minerals, confirmed his hunch: the composition and structure of the minerals had never been
seen before in nature.
Herd named one mineral elaliite, after the meteorite itself, and the second elkinstantonite,
after Lindy Elkins-Tanton, a planetary scientist at Arizona State University. Chi Ma, a meteorite
mineralogist at the California Institute of Technology who has previously discovered dozens of
new minerals, identified the third mineral, calling it Olsenite to honor the late Edward Olsen, a
former curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Our planet has roughly 5,800 minerals, while only about 480 have been found in
meteorites. Many of those meteoritic minerals are truly alien — some 30 percent don't form
naturally on Earth. Studying the mineralogy of meteorites is "armchair solar system exploration,
in a lot of ways", Herd says. "We're trying to constrain the variety of conditions that have existed
within different planetary bodies".

Adapted from: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/alien-minerals-never-found-on-earth-identified-in-meteorite

The bold word “synthetically” (l. 10), in the context presented in the text, is classified as a/an:

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