Living Creatures
What is the largest flying creatures of all time?
Quetzalcoatlus
How wide was the asteroid?
6 Miles
Mention one of the first killing effects caused by the impact.
Heat and impact wave. Super strong winds.
Rocks and boulders flying and then falling.
What kinds of animals survived the impact?
Mainly underground small mammals and insects.
What do they mean?
The moon has stopped many other asteroids in the past.
Mention an effect of the impact that is connected to water.
1. A biggest tsunami in history.
2. Poisoned water.
Mention one thing that killed flying creatures while they were flying.
Burning rocks and lava flying up from volcanoes.
The hot winds produced by the effect of the impact.
Some animals that were flying could not find a safe place to land.
When the asteroid entered the atmosphere, the light was so intense that dinosaurs look ___________ for a moment.
transparent
Mention one effect of the impact that is connected to volcanoes and tectonic plates
Seismic waves from the impact create a huge earthquake that activates volcanoes creating eruptions.
Some dinosaurs survived the impact because they had some protection. Explain.
Some baby dinosaurs where inside eggs that were buried underground. Some others were in the higher ground or inside caves.
Where did the asteroid impact?
In the Gulf of Mexico
Mention an effect of the impact that is connected to sunlight and also caused damage.
The impact created a hot dust cloud that blocked all sunlight which eventually killed almost all the plants on the planet.
Some of the dinosaurs who survived for days. In the end, they died because... Mention at least one reason.
thirst, starvation or poisoned by contaminated water.
How powerful is the impact of the asteroid compared to a nuclear bomb?
More powerful than all the nuclear bombs ever built.
Mention the effect of the impact related to fires.
It created fires that killed both animals and plants.