TY - BOOK AU - Rusch,Elizabeth AU - Anderson,Karin TI - Impact!: asteroids and the science of saving the world T2 - Scientists in the field series SN - 9780544671591 (hardcover) PY - 2017///] CY - Boston, New York PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Asteroids KW - Collisions with Earth KW - Juvenile literature KW - Meteorites KW - Extinction (Biology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index; An asteroid strikes -- Clues on the ground -- Blast from the past -- The death of the dinos -- Asteroid hunt! -- The search from space -- How to stop an asteroid from smashing into Earth -- What you can do! -- Learn more about asteroids and meteorites; Ages 10-12; Grades 4 to 6 N2 - "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."-- ER -