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    The extinction of the dinosaurs has caused great controversy all over the world. There are many theories of how they were killed, such as; an asteroid impact, volcanic activity, climate change, and eggs that took too long to hatch. Their extinction allowed humans to rule the Earth in their place. One of the most widely accepted theories is the asteroid. In section 5, “Death of the Dinosaurs”, of a book written by Donald Prothero, he states that, “By 1990, the debate was no longer whether the

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    Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period Nicole Jones Park University Abstract This paper examines the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period. The paper considers the holistic view of the Jurassic period in addition to the Dinosaurs that roamed the Earth during this period. Finally, historical consideration evidence leading to the demise or disappearance of the dinosaurs. Analysis is based upon research conducted from ten academic reference sites. The paper provides an understanding of the different species

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    In this task I will be talking about “What Happened to the Dinosaurs?”. I will be discussing and explaining two different theories about how the dinosaur became extinct and see what theory has more evidence to prove that's how the dinosaurs became extinct. My First theory is the Asteroid Impact Theory. I choose this theory because it has a lot of evidence suggesting that this is one way that the dinosaurs became extinct. The asteroid that hit 65 million years ago was approximately 6-15km in diameter

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    The Cause of the Dinosaur Extinction The biggest mystery surrounding the dinosaur is how did they die? For over 130 million years dinosaurs ruled the earth. Then 65 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, they died out. Nobody can really say what actually eliminated the species, although everyone has their very own idea. Asteroid impact, atmospheric changes (hot to cold), catastrophic eruptions and astronomical events (supernovas etc.). Some have ventured that early mammal

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    Vicious Reptile terrorises school As unusual as it seems, dinosaurs are back, and are back for good. Disaster has struck Brisbane once again. Investigated by Maya Cumming. “Dinosaurs are reoccurring in Brisbane” Have you ever wondered how the world would be like if dinosaurs came back to life? Or how people would react? Well, early Monday morning on May 31st 2017, a Tyrannosaurs Rex changed people’s lives by killing 33 innocent people including young school children. The police claimed responsibility

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    Kelsey Johnston Dinosaurs Instructor Mattathias Needle October 16, 2015 The Arctic Dinosaurs One common theory many people have speculated about for years is whether or not dinosaurs were cold-blooded. After all, in the grand scheme of things, it made a lot of sense that they would be, seeing as such a successful, large, and diverse group of creatures seemed to have all of a sudden vanished in the blink of an eye, geologically speaking. Many, myself included, had come to believe that a giant asteroid

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    The last dinosaurs walked this earth over 65 million years ago. Although the cause of extinction is still a mystery. There are many leading theories why A big meteorite crashed into Earth, changing the climatic conditions so dramatically that dinosaurs could not survive,Ash and gas spewing from volcanoes suffocated many of the dinosaurs,diseases wiped out entire populations of dinosaurs food chain imbalances lead to the starvation of the dinosaurs. Why there are so much reasons and no one has

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    There are still “dinosaurs” around to this day. Most of them are just descendants of the real dinosaurs. Birds are the main species that have been found to be descendants of dinosaurs. “Many shared evolutionary characteristics can be found in the skeletons of birds and other dinosaurs. One can follow the development of these evolutionary innovations by following along the evolutionary tree of dinosaurs from larger groups into successively smaller ones.”(Khan Academy.) They are actually more closely

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    Around 250 million years ago, dinosaurs were the premiers of the Earth. A few questions are posed when looking at the dinosaurs. What is classified as a dinosaur? How did dinosaurs come to rule? Did the same dinosaurs live for all 150 million years they were here? Where did they all go? Taking a look at the evidence, all the answers to these questions are there. Maybe even more questions can be posed from the answers to the ones above. A dinosaur is a hard term to describe because of all the

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    The Importance of Dinosaur Discoveries When a paleontologist makes a discovery about Dinosaurs it is usually a celebrated event and will appear on all sorts of covers of magazines and even newspapers, with good reason. These discoveries are often quite exciting for a few reasons. The whole experience of finding a fossil that is hundreds of millions of years old is quite an adrenaline rush, but the fact that each discovery has the ability to answer questions in relation to evolution is quite

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