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In all probability, it was a an asteroid - a mere 10 miles in diameter - which hit the Earth and wiped out not only the dinosaurs but most of life on Earth. It was only the plucky mammal's, who lived under ground who survived the apocalypse.
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∙ 14y ago65.5 million years ago, an asteroid with a diameter of 6 miles crashed into what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, creating the Chixculub crater. It through so much dust into the atmosphere, that sunlight was blocked for months. Plants died without sunlight, and the herbivorous dinosaurs died without plants to eat. The carnivores soon died out, too, because their prey was gone.
There is evidence, too, that the Chixculub impact preceded the dinosaur extinction, and that the dinosaurs survived for hundreds of thousands of years after, until another, larger asteroid struck and eliminated the non avian dinosaurs. Also, dinosaurs were already dealing with the negative affects of climate change.
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∙ 14y agoA meteor hit earth. Global fallout encompassed the earth and blocked the sun causing global climate change all as a result from this devastating impact.
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Will the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs wipe humans out if it strikes again?
It cannot strike again. It destroyed itself
If dinosaurs came back to life will they kill us?
I think that some dinosaurs would try and some people would get eaten. We'd then go and wipe them out as a species. We have guns, tanks, and planes. They have claws and teeth.
What did they called that wipe out the dinosaurs?
The extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs is called the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Event (K-T Extinction, for short... Yes, that is supposed to be a K). The crater left by the asteroid impact is called the Chixculub crater.
Did mammals wipe out the dinosaur period?
No. It is most commonly believed that (non avian) dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid impact. Mammals did not come to dominance until several million years later.
What are the genetic mutations of dinosaurs?
HA! there are no genetic mutations! DINOSAURS ARE DINOSAURS! DINOSAURS ARE DINOSAURS! no mutants
What are the release dates for Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs - 1985 TV?
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs - 1985 TV was released on: USA: 1985
What is likely reason why dinosaurs became extinct?
it is said they died from a total wipe out from a meteor strong enough to kill them all but there are other reasons such as they died from a volcano water loss or maybe a lot of the other died so there was no food for the carnivores
Are platypuses dinosaurs?
Platypuses are not dinosaurs; nor are they related to dinosaurs.
Are dinosaurs really sharks?
Sharks are Sharks and dinosaurs are dinosaurs. But there were animals recognizable as Sharks living when the dinosaurs did.
What was the offspring of dinosaurs?
Young dinosaurs would have been called hatchlings. If you are asking what evolved from dinosaurs, the only descendants of dinosaurs are the birds.
What is a vertical wipe?
a wipe that is vertical
Were most dinosaurs carnivals or herbivores?
Most dinosaurs were herbivores. There was a wide variety or carnivorous dinosaurs, though, and all herbivorous dinosaurs evolved from the earliest carnivorous dinosaurs. Birds are descendants of carnivorous dinosaurs.
