that a comet or asteroid hit earth 66 million years ago which caused gasses and dust to pollute the air. It also affected the plates of the earth and caused tsunamis‚ earthquakes and most
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Moon. 4. How are comets different from asteroids? One of the main differences between comets and asteroids are what they are made of. Asteroids are made up of metals and rocky materials while comets are made up of ice‚ dust and rocky material. Asteroids formed near the sun while comets farther away. Comets have tails while asteroids don’t. Also another difference is their orbit patterns. 5. Of what are comets made? Ice‚ dust and rocky material. And asteroids? Metals and rocky materials 6. If you
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many families of land (terrestrial) plants and animals‚ including most of the dinosaurs. Finding out how this extinction occurred included theories about a combination of natural disasters‚ the already decreasing population of the dinosaurs and an asteroid impact that either magnified the already reduced population of dinosaurs to extinction‚ or single-handedly did the damage. An evaluation of theories and hypotheses is essential in order to really understand what caused the dinosaurs’ demise‚ through
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Mexico: The Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula is located in southeastern Mexico‚ which separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico‚ on the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel. The Yucatán Peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec‚ a northwestern geographic divider separating the region of Central America from the rest of North America. The Yucatán Peninsula comprises of the Mexican states of Yucatán‚ Campeche‚ and Quintana Roo; the northern part Belize; and Guatemala’s
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narrator pilot finds his little friend has come from an asteroid. The little prince took great care of his asteroid‚ preventing unwanted things from destroying his home. One day‚ a rose appears on his asteroid‚ and as he cares for it most deeply‚ thinking she is the most wonderful‚ special creature ever - he is depressed to assume that she does not love him back. The little prince then leaves his asteroid and rose. As he lands on many asteroids‚ each one is occupied by a different adult. First
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1. Name the asteroid‚ big enough to wipe out whole human civilization that passed relatively close to Earth on 31 May 2013. a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 b) Asteroid 2013 QE2 c) Asteroid 1998 EQ2 d) Asteroid 2013 EQ2 Answer: (a) Asteroid 1998 QE2 2. Which Islands in India were declared as the world biosphere reserve by the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Month of May 2013? a) Lakshadweep Islands b) Andaman Islands c) Daman and Diu d) Nicobar Islands
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riddled with craters‚ formed by many asteroids smashing into its surface. These crater differed greatly in size‚ making it easy to assume that the larger the asteroid‚ the larger the crater. While this is partially true‚ it is not the only factor that controls crater size. This experiment will be exploring the asteroids speed and how this effects a craters size. Aim This scientific experiment was conducted to find how the impact speed/energy of an asteroid affects the diameter/size of a crater
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Topic: Why Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? A Gradual and Sudden End to Their Reign Introduction: About 65 mya almost three quarters of the animal and plant species on earth went extinct. This mass extinction is known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. The Cretaceous was the last period of the Mesozoic Era which is when dinosaurs lived from about 250 to 65 mya and the Paleogene is the first period of the Cenozoic Era that started about 65 mya which is the Era that we are currently living
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Two months left to live‚ two months left to do everything you’ve ever wa nted to do. In the book We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach‚ an asteroid‚ dubbed Ardor‚ is plummeting towards earth. This asteroid is predicted to make it’s impact‚ on earth‚ approximately two months after Earth’s scientists discover it. The characters go through several obstacles pondering what to do with the two months they have left‚ being challenged by the new world that has an uncertain future‚ and struggling with . The theme
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evidence of an asteroid impact. Shocked quartz has been found that looked to have patterning that was caused by immense force some scientists suspect could only have been caused by an asteroid or comet impact (PBS). Scientists also found tektites which according to SciShow are “big tear-dropped shaped pieces of glass that form when rocks are thrown into the atmosphere by an impact and then melt on re-entry.” Then Dr. Alan Hildebrand also deduced‚ using other evidence that the asteroid hit near the
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