Why Couldn't Researchers Find the Crater Created by the Asteroid

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why couldn't researchers find the crater created by the asteroid that resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs?

• A) It was in a remote part of the world where nobody lives.
• B) It was too small for anyone to notice.
• C) It was destroyed by plate tectonic processes.
• D) It was buried by sedimentary rock and the seafloor.
• E) It was buried in snow and ice.

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