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Why is it important to understand the cause of the dinosaurs extinction?
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∙ 10y ago
Understanding the causes of an extinction can help us prepare for and hopefully prevent a similar situation in the future. The fact that as much as 90% of dinosaur species died out from climate change near the end of the Mesozoic warns us not to allow global warming to get out of hand. Because we know that the death blow to the dinosaurs was the asteroid impact, astronomers keep track of Near Earth Objects, and are formulating plans for deflecting a large asteroid or comet in the event that one heads toward Earth.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoif dinosaurs lived now then our human population would drop a lot and where would we be then. Just a wild answer that probably makes no sense.
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∙ 11y agoExtinction of Dinosaurs is important because of the cause of their extinction. Whatever caused their extinction is a threat to mankind also.
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Did the cretaceous or permian extinction cause dinosaurs to become extinct?
No, as there was no Cretaceous-Permian extinction. There was the Permian-Triassic extinction, which ocurred before the dinosaurs appeared. Non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.
Did asteroids cause the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
I think so.
How do you use mass extinction in a sentence?
The mass extinction of dinosaurs were caused volcanoes that cause global warming with their toxic gases, therefore, killing the plants, starving the plant eating dinosaurs to death, and with no more plant eating dinosaurs, the meat eating dinosaurs died, too.
Did humans cause the extinction of dinosaurs?
No. Humans and dinosaurs never met. Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. The human race is about 200,000 years old.
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.
How did Ordovician period ended?
It ended with the second largest extinction event in history... The extinction is very little known becouse there are no dinosaurs involved... haha. But the cause of the extinction has not yet ben officialy determined. There are ofcourse theories, but none are really used as a label yet.
What is one catastrophic event that can cause a mass extinction?
An asteroid from space, like the one that killed the dinosaurs, which was a mile in width.
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
Why did the Archaeopteryx become extinct?
The cause of the extinction of Archaeopteryx is unknown to archaeologists. Their bones have been discovered since the 1860s and they appear to be easy prey for large dinosaurs.
When did the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction occur?
About 65.5 million years ago. The Cretaceous and Tertiary are geological time periods either side of this event. The event is significant because there was a large mass extinction event at this time including the extinction of all non avian dinosaurs. Most experts agree that the cause of the extinction was a asteroid impact.
What is one type of catastrophic change that can cause a mass extinction?
One type of catastrophic change that can cause a mass extinction is an asteroid impact. When a large asteroid collides with the Earth, it can release massive amounts of energy, cause widespread destruction, trigger tsunamis and wildfires, and create a global "impact winter" due to the release of dust and debris into the atmosphere. Such an event is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
When did dinosaurs?
Non-avian dinosaurs existed from around 230 million years ago in the Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. The cause of their extinction is most likely an asteroid impact coupled with environmental change.
