who believes that rubbish about the dinosaurs being wiped out with a meteor?

Answer 1

Oh? And whats your theory? That you rose up and domated the dinosaurs and threw them into the sea with your "mighty strength", or are you one of the people constantly trying to convert people in this section to christianity, by saying god doesnt need dinosuars? There is PLENTY of logical proof, which is why I beleive the dinosaurs died by meteorITE (get you facts straight!) For instance, there is a substance that is found rarely on earth, but we have yet not to find in a meteorite. That substance has been found in alrge amounts around the Yucitan penensula, in a CRATER, CAUSED BY THE METEORITE. Also, Dinosaurs didnt die from getting bonked on the head if thats what you think (in which I appologize for flaming you). It was caused by a change of climate, which caused a chain reaction extintion. So, thus far, a meteorite hit the earth, and the dinosaurs died from it.

Answer 2

I know it is difficult to imagine that a collision could affect a whole planet and wipe out a species.

A fragment of meteor rock only 5 metres wide would explode with the same effects as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in World War Two.

Try and imagind the effect of a full meteor 100 times large in every direction. It would have at least 10,000 times as much effect. And throw up clouds of debris from the explosion. Enough to block out the sun and cool the planet.

To get an angle on this look up Krakatoa. Not a meteor but a massive volcanic explosion on this planet and read how far the effects spread. This was an explosion on our planet. Imagine an explosion from a collision with a 500 metre or 1000metre wide meteor hurtling through space at unbelievable speeds.

Answer 3

It isn't necessarily rubbish, its just one a few theories about dinosaur extinction that has at least a shred of evidence. A major volcanic eruption or a large meteor strike could indeed drop global temperatures enough to kill off the kind of vegetation that could in turn induce a worldwide famine. There does appear to have been a large meteor strike in the same period as the dinosaur extinction, but there is no real conclusive evidence that settles the case once and for all.

Answer 4

If you did some research, you would find that this is not "rubbish" at all. 65 million years ago, a meteor or an asteroid hit near the East coast of Mexico that caused global changes that made it impossible for the dinosaurs and some other species to survive. 30 million years ago, a similar event changed evolution as well. If I were you, I would file a lawsuit against the school system where I was educated.

Answer 5

although there is a large crater on the yucatan peninsula. quite a lot of scientific opinion now dosen't believe that there is enough evidence that this alone killed the dinosaurs. theory number one is that a first asteroid hit the earth at a place we haven't discovered as yet, then due to the change in the environment that was already taking place at the time, it speeded up the death of the dinosaurs. the yucatan impact just finished them off. theory two is that the yucatan impact happened, then the flood basault volcano in india erupted forming the area now called the deccan traps. this finished the dinosaurs and most other life on earth due to massive climate change causing the whole planet to freeze. theory three is that the dinosaurs were killed locally by all of these events, but were eventually killed worldwide by climate change that had been underway for millions of years which was destroying their habitats. biologists have been unable to find evidence of a mass worldwide firestorm caused by the yucatan impact. this disproves the theory that the dinosaurs were all roasted alive by fires caused by the impact.

Answer 6

They were probably wiped out by a meteorite.

It contained large amounts of iridium (as do all asteroids), which entered the atmosphere unpon impact. The event did not cause an ice age as the genius somewhere above thinks, but actually caused a kind of reverse ice age. The irdium cloud kept out the sunlight (which all life needs to survive) and kept in the heat.
This is what lead to their extinction.

The dinosaurs were unable to cope with the change in the climate, and as the weakest species they died out.

The stronger species (mammals) were able to adapt and survived. Which is why humans and monkeys share so many characteristics (as we are distant cousins).

Answer 7

Scientific propositions are not a matter of belief. Scientific propositions have more or less evidence for or against them, and their likelihood of being true varies accordingly. There is considerable evidence for the "dinosaur meteor extinction" theory, and there is some evidence against it, and a few problems with the theory. Basically, it seems to be a pretty good theory---no other theory explains the layer of Iridium in approximate coincidence with the last of the dinosaur fossils; there does seem to be a giant impact crater of the right age. Your question is not in the spirit of scientific inquiry.

Answer 8

Quite a few scientists believe this, because there is considerable evidence that a large meteor impact occurred at about the time of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event which ended the reign of dinosaurs. See the attached link for arguments pro and con.

Answer 9

So the dust that is found worldwide only in certain layers that are dated around 65 million years ago, was put their by evil geologists and paleontologist to enhance their careers. And the fact that large reptiles disappeared at the same time was a coincidence. Sorry, we can only make our conclusions on the evidence and observations at hand, your theory is welcome and of course subject to investigation.

Did you know the Shoemaker-Levy Comet made an impact on Jupitor in 1994 with the energy of 6,000,000 megatons of TNT (750 times the world's nuclear arsenals) and that the ensuing fireball and plume was larger that the earth? Just wondering.....

Answer 10

The theory is that the meator's impact had a consequence on the climate which resulted in the deaths of many of the dinosaurs, helping lead to the accelerated extinction of the species. So your understanding may be mistaken.