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What famous movie franchise stars Jeff Goldblum in which the world is centered around a failed theme park with dinosaurs? (Hint: There’s a new movie in the series coming out this summer!)
Jurassic Park
What country did the asteroid land in?
Mexico.
Which kind of familial relationship published the asteroid theory?
A: Grandfather-Grandson
B: Father-son
C: Uncle-Nephew
B
What killed the dinosaurs?
An asteroid.
Bonus question: Define a peninsula.
Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Cretaceous.
What is the most popular theory for what happened to the dinosaurs?
Asteroid Impact.
How was the asteroid formed?
Leftover materials from our solar system’s formation.
What year was the asteroid theory published?
1980.
Bonus question: Name two dinosaur breeds.
T-Rex
Bronchosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Triceratops
Diplodocus
Spinosaurus
etc.
What does carbonaceous mean?
The rock was rich with carbon.
Approx. how long was the diameter of the asteroid?
10-15km.
How do we know it was likely an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
Found the crater.
How wide was the crater the asteroid formed?
150km. (Or 10x wider)
True or False: The asteroid is the exact same age as the extinction of all dinosaurs.
False, it is the same age as the extinction of non-bird dinosaurs.
What is the name of the peninsula in Mexico that the asteroid landed near?
Yucatan.
What was the clay created by the asteroid filled with?
Iridium.
The crater of the asteroid was so much wider than the asteroid itself due to what?
Impact velocity.
Name one other theory for what happened to the dinosaurs.
Acceptable answers: Eggshells became too thin, eggshells were eaten, gender disbalance, evolutionary destruction, aliens, dinosaur farts.
How many million years ago was the asteroid expected to impact earth?
66.
What was Luis Walter Alvarez’s son’s name?
Where is the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs now?
Bottom of the sea off the coast of Mexico.
What was the crater that the asteroid formed called?
Chicxulub crater.
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What kind of asteroid was the one that killed the dinosaurs? (Geology name)
Carbonaceous.