Multiple Choice
One important way a major impact on Earth is thought to have triggered extinction of many species is because
A) the fragments hit animals on their heads,killing them.
B) the Earth's moon was thrown out of its orbit.
C) of changes to the world-wide climate.
D) Wrong! Major impacts are not thought to have triggered extinctions.
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