UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Dinosaurs went extinct
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300 foot wave hit Texas
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All fish were destroyed
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The earth’s temperature became too hot for animal life
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Detailed explanation-1: -The aftermath of this immense asteroid collision, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago, is believed to have caused the mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and many other species on Earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The leading theory is that a huge asteroid or comet slammed into Earth 65 million years ago, blocking sunlight, changing the climate and setting off global wildfires.
Detailed explanation-3: -The impact site, known as the Chicxulub crater, is centred on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The asteroid is thought to have been between 10 and 15 kilometres wide, but the velocity of its collision caused the creation of a much larger crater, 150 kilometres in diameter. It’s the second-largest crater on the planet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sixty-six-million years ago, a nearly nine-mile-wide asteroid collided with Earth, sparking a mass extinction that wiped out most dinosaurs and three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal species. Now we’re learning that the Chicxulub asteroid also generated a massive “megatsunami” with waves more than a mile high.
Detailed explanation-5: -End Cretaceous (65 mya) – the event that killed off the dinosaurs.