Which of the following would NOT be a major effect of the impact of a 10-km diam

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Which of the following would NOT be a major effect of the impact of a 10-km diameter asteroid into the Pacific Ocean? A tsunami wave, hundreds of meters high, inundating coastal regions around the Pacific Rim. A magnitude 12.4 earthquake - greater than any earthquake ever recorded by humans. Worldwide wildfires. An extended period of significantly cooler than normal temperatures. None of the above - all of these are major effects of an impact. The Chicxulub Crater, believed by many scientists to have been created by the impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, is a prominent landmark in northern Arizona. an eroded, water-filled depression in the Canadian Shield area of northern Quebec, a large, round valley with a central peak, high in the Andes Mountains. hidden under the Yucatan Peninsula and adjacent Carribean Sea.

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14) e

18) c

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