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No. Scientists believe that a giant meteor hit the Earth, killing all the dinosaurs and causing their extinction.
It is true that the extinction of dinosaurs is mostly due to the meteor that hit earth during the time but according to scientists, only around 60 percent of the organisms on earth died due to direct impact. Some other reasons the dinosaurs are extinct may have included climate change, competition, or volcanic eruptions. And on the part about tsunamis, there actually was a massive tsunami near the Gulf of Mexico after the disturbance of the meteor that swept nearly 180 miles inland. But it was the meteor that caused the tsunami and also then the meteor, not the tsunami that may have contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Dinosaurs were most likely wiped out by a meteor impact. There is some evidence of a volcanic cause as well, but it is a different form of volcanism from a super volcano.
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Did the Permian extinction come before the the dinosaur extinction?
Yes. At the time of ther Permian extinction 251 million years ago dinosaurs had not yet evolved. The dinosaur extinction was 65 million years ago.
What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the sentence One theory about dinosaur extinction is that a huge asteroid or comet hit the earth?
The prepositional phrase is "about dinosaur extinction" and the object is "extinction." The word "dinosaur" is called a "noun adjunct" rather than an adjective.
What are people who study dinosaur extinction?
A paleontologist
What is a sentence for extinction?
Extinction has happened to the dinosaur family.
Do tsunamis cause earthquakes?
Earthquakes are one (but not the only) cause of tsunamis.
What is the effect of the earthquake?
They cause tsunamis
How does the fossil record provide evidence for the Cretaceous tertiary extinction?
The Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction was a giant asteroid that hit Earth and killed many organisms. It formed giant dust clouds and enough heat to cause a worldwide fires. The fossils of the dead organisms gave out a story to the scientists who were researching them. For example, a meat-eating dinosaur ate a plant-eating dinosaur during the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction. Soon after the meat-eating dinosaur ate the plant-eating dinosaur, the meat-eating dinosaur died. The fossil of the plant-eating dinosaur and the meat-eating dinosaur told a story to the scientist about what the meat-eating dinosaur did to the other dinosaur; then the other story to the meat-eating dinosaur. You're welcome :) -Ashley G
Why all tsunamis don't cause earthquakes?
Tsunamis do not not cause earthquakes at all. Tsunamis are usually the result of an undersea earthquake.
Did animals have fur during the dinosaur age?
Primitive mammals, with fur, did exist during the age of dinosaurs. It has sometimes been speculated that mammals caused or helped to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs by eating dinosaur eggs.
With what scientists proposed the meteorite impact hypothesis to explain the extinction of the?
Dinosaur?
Which animal can survive volcanoes and hurricanes and floods and the dinosaur extinction?
A cockroach
Was the oviraptor an early dinosaur before the k-t extinction?
yes
