What happened as a direct result of the impact? On impact with the Earth's atmosphere, the meteor shower burst into flames and burned in the upper atmosphere heating the surface of the Earth and killing many living things across the entire globe, On impact, the interstellar debris vaporized into a toxic gas that killed many organisms on Earth. On impact, the meteorite burst into a cloud of dust, debris, and searing gas that bumed and vaporized all Ife for miles around. Bits of rock flew up into the atmosphere and as the particles came back down. they heated, broiling the surface of the Earth. On impact, the meteorite caused a tsunami - a huge wave that traveled across the oceans. When it came to land, the tsunami devastated all living things that were within about 3 miles of the coast. Question 3 What happened as a result of the dust created by the impact? Dust from the impact, which clouded the atmosphere, was full of sulfur that blocked sunlight creating a dark, cold global winter that lasted for years and caused the End-Cretaceous mass extinction. Dust from the impact fell into the ocean, blocking the gills of marine organisms and killing them. This led to the End-Cretaceous mass extinction. Dust from the impact, clouded the atmosphere and caused the temperature of the Earth's surface to sise dramatically, This global warming event led to the End-Cretaceous mass extinction. .