Large Meteoroids Are Thought to Collide with Earth

question 102

Multiple Choice

Large meteoroids are thought to collide with Earth:

• A)at least once a decade.
• B)about once a century.
• C)a few times in every million-year period.
• D)once every billion years.
• E)never; only comets are thought to collide with Earth.

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