A likely consequence of an asteroid or cometary impact with Earth would be a.large amounts of dust blasted into the atmosphere, obscuring the sun and producing a long, dark, cool period, which would disrupt food production. b.excessive amounts of water blasted into the atmosphere, resulting in torrential downpours. c.Earth disrupted from its orbit around the sun. d.a large crater would form ringed by mountains, but nothing much else. e.nothing; Earth is too large to be affected by the impact in any way.

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A likely consequence of an asteroid or cometary impact with Earth would be

	a.	large amounts of dust blasted into the atmosphere, obscuring the sun and producing a long, dark, cool period, which would disrupt food production.
	b.	excessive amounts of water blasted into the atmosphere, resulting in torrential downpours.
	c.	Earth disrupted from its orbit around the sun.
	d.	a large crater would form ringed by mountains, but nothing much else.
	e.	nothing; Earth is too large to be affected by the impact in any way.