02392cam a2200517 i 4500 336427888 TxAuBib 20180104120000.0 160728s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016030626 9780544671591 0544671597 (OCoLC)954719880 TxAuBib rda Rusch, Elizabeth. Impact! : asteroids and the science of saving the world / Elizabeth Rusch ; photos by Karin Anderson. New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017] ℗2017. 76 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Scientists in the field series Scientists in the field 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. "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."-- Provided by publisher. Middle School. 1070 Lexile. Ages 10-12. Grades 4 to 6. 20180104. Asteroids Collisions with Earth Juvenile literature. Asteroids Juvenile literature. Asteroids. Asteroids. Collisions with Earth. Meteorites Juvenile literature. Meteorites. Extinction (Biology) Juvenile literature. Extinction (Biology.) Juvenile works. Anderson, Karin. Scientists in the field series. Scientists in the field. TXRHO