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32 Cards in this Set
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Luis Alvarez |
Person who first thought of asteroid impact idea |
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Iridium |
Element rare on earth, but common in space |
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Tektiles |
Small, glassy object formed from vapor clouds |
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Torino Scale |
Scale used to rank asteroids |
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KT-Boundary |
Boundary which marks extinction |
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Warm & Cold temperatures / New Illness [ Cancer ] / Excessive Radiation |
3 ideas in gradual extinction |
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65 million years ago |
How long ago was the last mass extinction? |
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70% |
What percent of life died with that extinction? |
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Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico |
Location of Extinction #3 |
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India |
Location of Extinction #2 |
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Brachiosaurus |
Heaviest Dinosaur |
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Compognathus |
Smallest Adult Dinosaur |
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Mussaurus |
Tallest Dinosaur |
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Diplodocus |
Longest Dinosaur |
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Eoraptor |
Earliest Dinosaur |
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Jack Horner & Bob Bakker |
Name both leading dino experts |
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Latin & Greek |
Name both languages used to name a dino |
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Archelon |
Largest turtle |
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Ichthyosaurs |
Fish Reptile |
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Plesiosaurs |
Ribbon Reptile |
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Pterosaurs |
Flying Reptiles |
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Deinosuchus |
Largest Crocodile |
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Biggest dinosaur graveyard in the US found |
What is Como Bluff, WY? |
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Very warm climate |
Describe the climate of the Mesozoic |
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Gobi & Patagonia |
Name both deserts known for dino bones |
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Terrible lizard |
What does the word dinosaur mean? |
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Sir Richard Owen in 1841 |
Who first coined the word? What year? |
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Ornithischians |
Scientific name for bird hipped |
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Saurischians |
Scientific name for lizard hipped |
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Baringer Crater/Meteor Crater |
Name the impact crater in AZ |
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Iguanodon |
The first dino fossil was a tooth belonging to this dinosaur |
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Mary & Giddeon Mantell in 1822 |
Who found the tooth of the Iguanodon? What year? |
