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No one really knows why some plants survived ,but the dinosaurs didn't. actually scientists think that a meteor didn't kill off the life on earth because the layer in the earth that's supposed to be full of dinosaur skeletons isn't, not at all. they think that something killed off the dinosaurs before the meteor came maybe volcanic eruptions or floods or a disease. No one can know for sure what killed the dinosaurs, but something did and we don't know what it was.
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∙ 10y agoPlants can often store energy in their root system and go dormant during a disaster. Then, when conditions allow, they can grow back. For other plants, seeds they left behind could have stayed alive, waiting to germinate until conditions improved.
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∙ 11y agoBecause they were small and required less food than the dinosaurs. Also they were able to eat a larger variety than most dinosaurs.
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∙ 14y agoBecause for the dinosaurs to survive they needed a food chain. If there were no herbivores then all the carnivores would starve to death.
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Dinosaurs became extinct at the beginning of the Cretaceous period?
No, dinosaus became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period. They ended up dying because the dust was so bad that it changed the weather, which changed the temperature and the way plants grow, which eventually killed off the dinosaurs.
How do dinosuars survive?
Dinosaurs survived by eating other dinosaurs or plants.
Why do you think that some flowering plants survived when dinosaurs were extinct?
I think some plants actually survived because they were able to adapt to cooler climates and the ones that became extinct couldn't. One of the survivng Late Cretaceous flowering plants is the Magnolia.
Why are dinosaurs extinct because of plants?
Dinosaurs did not die out because of plants. They died out because of a lack of plants after an asteroid impact blocked out sunlight for months or years. With all the plants dead, the dinosaurs starved.
Write the names and characteristics of those plants and animals that are extinct?
Dinosaurs
Why do dinosaurs eat chocolate?
First of all, dinosaurs are extinct. Approximatively 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs became extinct by what most people believe was a large meteorite which hit Earth and caused an Ice Age. Ash and dust covered the sun causing the Ice Age. Secondly, dinosaurs did not eat chocolate (chocolate was not in that time period) They ate other dinosaurs and plants depending on if they were carnivorous or herbivorous.
What plant is competely extinct in the Cenozoic Era?
Many of the forest plants became completely extinct in the Cenozoic Era. However, the plants that thrive today became rooted during this period.
What would happen to plants if bees were extinct?
There are plenty of other insects that pollinate plants apart from bees so the plants would survive.
What would happen if every animal became extinct?
there would only be plants
Why did dinosaurs become extinct and not crocodiles?
crocodiles lived because they lived in water and crocodiles had amour plates on it's back
How has life changed since dinosaurs?
At the time of the dinosaurs, most large animals were reptiles and the dominant trees were conifers. Today, most large reptiles have been long extinct, and most large animals are mammals. The dominant plants are now flowering plants.
What would happen to the world if bees became extinct?
all of the plants would die and the grass and the trees
