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What happened when a meteorite hit Mexico 65 million years ago?
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Many creatures perished after a cloud of dust engulfed the earth. Clouds don't let sunlight pass, so the plants died. Without plants, herbavores died, too. The carnivores had no herbavores to eat, so they starved as well. Among the survivors were mouse-like creatures, evolving into other mammals.
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Why is chicxulub so famous?
Chixulub on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico is famous for being near the epicentre of a meteorite impact that caused the final extinction of many animals (most famously all non avian dinosaurs) at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65.5 million years ago.
Is the dinosaurs ALL wiped out when the large meteorite hit the earth?
According to modern scientific theory, all the remaining dinosaurs went extinct during or shortly after the asteroid hit the Earth 65 million years ago.No evidence of a large meteorite hitting the Earth.
What is the meteorite-impact hypothesis?
Meteorite impact hypothesis is that theory about a meteorite hitting the earth some thousands of years ago and bringing the dinosaurs to extinction, better known as Alvarez
What is the most important thing that has happened in the past 100 years?
the mexican's revolution and in the past 200 years the independence of Mexico
The hypothesis of continental drift is used to explain an event that happened .?
200 million years ago
What is the name of the meteorite that hit Mexico?
The meteorite that hit Mexico happened 65 million years ago, and nobody was around to give it a name. It struck near a place now known as Chixculub, and the modern crater is thus named. [A meteor is something seen in the sky. When/if it reaches the Earth, it is a meteorite.]
Is the gulf of Mexico a meteorite?
Yes. It is the Chicxsulub crater, partially touching both the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. It is the place where the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs crashed, some 65 million years ago.
Where did the meteorite land sixty-five million years ago near Mexico?
At the Chicxulub crater, which covers almost half of the Yucatan peninsula.
Meteor crashed into Earth known as peninsula?
You are referring to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. This is where the meteorite that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is meant to have hit.
True or false Mexico has the third largest meteorite crater in the world?
Actually, it has the largest meteorite crater in the world. The Chicxulub crater has a diameter of 170 kilometers (105 miles) and covers part of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is believed to have been the place where the meteorite that wiped off the dinosaurs crashed, over 65 million years ago. See the related links section for some images of the crater.
How did triceratops go extinct?
Triceratops went extinct, because of the giant meteorite that smashed into earth 65 million years ago. the meteor hit the earth in Mexico, not too far away from where most of the triceratops population lived.
When did the mass of extinction of dinosaurs occur?
65 million years ago. Nobody knows why they died but the main theories are a giant meteorite or the earth tilting on its axis making the world get cold.
How many years did it take Mexico to get from 5 million to 17 million?
It took almost 114 years to grow such quantities. The figures you are providing correspond to the population of Mexico in 1821 (5 million) and 1935 (17.5 million).
What happened 5000 years ago in central Mexico?
the Aztecs conqured much of central Mexico
How many years ago did the meteor storm happend that killed the dinosaurs?
65 million years ago the dinosaurs died out, presumably because of a massive meteorite.
How long ago was the iron age?
the iron age happened about 2.5 million years ago. the iron age was followed by the stone age, which happened about 3 million years ago
What is the biggest earthquake that has ever happened in Mexico?
The largest earthquake thought to have ever happened in Mexico is that caused by the impact of the asteroid that created the Chicxulub crater approximately 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period. This released energy equivalent to an earthquake of 13 on the Richter scale.
