Multiple Choice
The impact of a 10-km-diameter asteroid on the surface of Earth would very likely:
A) shatter Earth into fragments.
B) create havoc near the impact site but have relatively little lasting effect elsewhere.
C) shatter the global ecology and cause the extinction of a large percentage of all species living on Earth.
D) completely destroy all life on Earth.
Correct Answer:
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