The destructive "Tunguska Event" of 1908 seems to have been due to an airburst by a modest-sized asteroid a direct impact on land by a large asteroid an ocean impact by a comet a nearby supernova explosion Astronomers have determined that the probability of a significant asteroid impact on Earth during your lifetime is about the same as the probabilty that you'll win the lottery. True False

The destructive "Tunguska Event" of 1908 seems to have been due to an airburst by a modest-sized asteroid a direct impact on land by a large asteroid an ocean impact by a comet a nearby supernova explosion Astronomers have determined that the probability of a significant asteroid impact on Earth during your lifetime is about the same as the probabilty that you'll win the lottery. True False

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2. The destructive "Tunguska Event" of 1908 seems to have been due to

		an airburst by a modest-sized asteroid
		a direct impact on land by a large asteroid
		an ocean impact by a comet
		a nearby supernova explosion

Astronomers have determined that the probability of a significant asteroid impact on Earth during your lifetime is about the same as the probabilty that you'll win the lottery.

True

False

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