A Mass Extinction,perhaps Caused by a Large Asteroid Hitting Earth

question 19

Multiple Choice

A mass extinction,perhaps caused by a large asteroid hitting Earth near the Yucatan peninsula in the Cretaceous period,would have

• A) activated tectonic plate movements that rapidly repositioned continental plates in different regions of Earth.
• B) produced massive volumes of soot, and triggered major climate changes that species could not survive.
• C) All of the answer choices are correct.
• D) produced a geological reaction to the impact, resulting in large numbers of volcanic eruptions for millions of years.
• E) triggered forest and range fires over hundreds of years, destroying habitats and killing plant, animal, and other species.

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