atheists, you believe that an asteroid killed all the dinos' a long time ago?

Question

but the dinos "ruled the world". i dont see how dinos could rule the world unless they were ALL OVER it. if the asteroid had been the thing that "took them out", then how did it NOT destroy the earth as well?? how can something collide w/ earth, have the ability 2 kill the things living on it, but NOT destroy earth @ the same time??? are ya gunna tell me the thing vibrated but didnt break apart?

Zatara, i suggest u actually LOOK INTO the life & layout of a private school so that youre not so ignorant about them!

they DO NOT have 1 book 4 all classes. yes, they do have the Bible class, & ya of course theyd have some Bibles' around 4 when we need them. but thats the ONLY class we had them in (@ least thats how it was @ my inparticular school, ino i cant speak 4 any others). in the other classes we have the actual science book/english/social studies, etc. (& when i was still homeschooled, i remember how the science book DID show me the 2 diff. beliefs. it even gave pic.s 2 illustrate)

we didnt only get taught about God all day, we DID learn everything else as well-they just didnt teach into the evolutional ideas. they even had a poster in the library that was all based on evolutional ideas of outerspace.

so i suggest that all u ignorant atheists actually GO there, & "examine" the life of 1 so that u can see we're NOT stupid.

Answer 1

It was the resulting change in climate combined with increased volcanic/seismic activity triggered by the impact that 'took them out'.

Answer 2

Are you kidding? The massive chain of events started when a large asteroid hits the earth would cause massive climate impacts.

"If a 10km diameter object impacted at the point at which it struck it would have a velocity of roughly 100,000 km/h. At this velocity there would have been an initial blast (with an estimated force of many millions of tons of TNT) which would have destroyed everything within a radius of between 400 and 500km, including the object. At the same time large fires would have been started by the intense shock wave which would have traveled long distances. Trillions of tons of debris (dust, gases and water vapour) would have been thrown into the atmosphere when the object vaporized. Many enormous tidal waves would be started causing even more damage, the evidence of such waves has been found all the way round the Gulf of Mexico. Along with the tidal waves the blast would also start a chain reaction of earthquakes and volcanic activity there would have also been very high winds caused by the blast. In the days and weeks following the impact the cloud of debris would have been carried over large distances by the post blast high winds. This will have caused months of darkness and a decrease in global temperatures. After this there would have been an increase in temperatures caused by the large amounts of CO2 released by what would have been global fires. Eventually this would cause chemical reactions that would result in the formation of acid rains.

On the land the effects of the impact on the flora and fauna would have been devastating, especially on the large animals which would need large food supplies and on the dinosaurs which would need sun light to keep warm. The global fires would have destroyed considerable amounts of vegetation (by the analysis of the soot in the K-T boundary it is estimated that 25% of the vegetation cover was destroyed), the immediate effect of this would have resulted in the death of the large herbivores. A knock on effect of this would have killed off the large carnivores. Only the small active scavengers, like birds and mammals with the ability to find food from a wide range of sources would have survived. Analysis of the K-T boundary fossils shows that there was a short term takeover of the land by the hardy ferns, which moved into the areas were there had been fires.

In the sea the effects would have been just as dramatic. There would have been a decrease in the oxygen levels in the seawater as low oxygen deep seawater would have been brought up by massive under water currents. This would have resulted in a massive disturbance of the marine food chain through the death of much of the plankton. This would have resulted in the eventual death of the marine reptiles which would have relied on the food chain. There would also have been a massive death rate amongst the shelled sea animals like the ammonites. There could also have been a serious increase in the acidity of the seas caused by the acid rains. This may have also killed off some of the sea species.

The period of recovery would have seen the surviving species moving into the ecological niches left vacant by the dead species. After a short period of time some of the plants that had been burnt down would have regrown from buried seeds or rootstock. As is common with all mass extinctions there would have a sudden evolutionary burst as new species developed. "

Answer 3

you dont have to be an athiest to believe this.
the astroid would not DESTROY everything, it would push up so mcuh dust that the sun would be blocked and most of the plants would die and the large animals which survive on them and the large animals which survive on other animals would be the first to die out. the more resourceful and less demanding animals would be the ones to survive and keep reproducing. this is called the bottle neck effect where a population is drastically cut and only the most suited to survive continue on to other generations.

evidence: there is a radioactive iridium isotope which is an element found in most incoming space matter and very rarely on earth. there is a layer all around the globe about half an inch thick at about the 65 million year mark which corresponds to the exact time the dinosaur fossils stop appearing. there is also a crater which has been found and dated to 65 million years in the Yucitan with large amounts of this element.

i think the earth is a lot bigger than you think it is.

Answer 4

The idea is that the asteroid collided with the earththrowing millions of tons of dust into the air like during a volcano. There was so much dust that it darkened the sky for years. The dark sky killed most plants. With most plants dead, the large plant eaters die, without large plant eaters, the predators die. The asteroid wouldn't kill all live ot once, but it would kill all large animals in less than a decade. You can see it in deserts today. During a drought, plants die. Elephants tht don't leave starve faster than smaller animals. After they eat the carcasses, predators either leave or die. Humanity has observed this in desert climates for years. No asteriod destroyed the planet, but could have destroyed most life on land.

Answer 5

Please, go back to 2 school. The real kind, not the one with crosses and one book for all classes.

Yes, dinosaurs "ruled" and were all over it. An asteroid leaving a crater of 110 miles wide crashed on the Yucatan Peninsula on Mexico. Could it destroy the earth? No. But released a heat wave (yes extreme heat can kill) and enough dust into the atmosphere to reduce drastically plant life so big cold-blooded reptiles who fed on them died, followed by the ones that fed on other reptiles.

Answer 6

The asteroid hit the earth. There was a huge explosion followed by something like a nuclear winter caused by all the dirt thrown up blocking out the sun. The plants died from lack of light and warmth and the larger creatures also died from the lack of abundant food (plants or other large creatures).

One effect of the explosion was a rain of glass balls made of dirt that had melted in the heat. These have been found all over the place.

It is thought that the catastrophe resulted in the death of 99.99% of all individual animals. With some types, like crocodiles and early mammals, a few survived. With the dinosaurs all of them died, apart from those who were already on their way to evolving into birds.

Answer 7

A major asteroid impact, just like a full scale nuclear war or a cataclismic volcanic eruption, would be capable of creating clouds of debris that would block out the sun's rays and drastically change the climate. The dinosaurs were not equipped to withstand the ensuing cold and lack of food.

I take it you are a product of either home-schooling or really ****-poor public education. Man, the dumbing down of America is sad.

Answer 8

It was the dust in the air that caused climate changes that killed them the dust is believed to have been put into the atmosphere by and asteroid impact. You should really pay closer attention in science class.

Answer 9

atheists tought that there was a reason,and that it is necessary to search it. Atheists always think (not believe but think) that there is always a reason,even when we don't know it. If you don't want to search,if you don't want to think,you can put 42 in the blanks instead of bible.42 is shorter.

Answer 10

So you'd rather believe that the fossils of dinosaurs were "planted" by God just to mess with us? Come on. This happened millions and millions of years ago. The earth has had more than ample time to support and grow new life. Grow up little girl.