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    major meteorite impact may not have been the sole cause of the mass extinction involving the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Researchers have discovered an array of huge volcanic eruptions in india 66 million years ago which released large amounts of gases into the atmosphere, which drastically altered the climate. This new theory does not in fact eliminate the theory of a massive meteorite being a leading cause for the extinction of the dinosaurs, it simply examines how the meteorite is…

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    Essay On Sauropods

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    According to the theory of natural selection, the Sauropods 's long neck is an adaptation for browsing high vegetations. Also, their long neck was also adapted for a large feeding envelope because they need to hold their food while moving from one tree to another. Their huge body is used to store food too. Sauropods ' bodies are big because they have a large digestive tract to store food inside until they get to the next vegetation area as well. The sauropods ' bodies were also used to scare…

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    K-T Extinction Essay

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    The extinction of the dinosaurs is one of the most well-known mysteries in our great world, the Earth has its history in the layers, these layers can tell us when, where, and how something happened, the K-T boundary is no exception. These large slabs of Earth can show us the past, millions of years of history, to the beginning. What scientists around the world are trying to figure out, is why the dinosaurs died out, there are many different and unique theories about the K-T extinction. Some…

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    readers like myself, it will enhance their mind with more knowledge than they ever thought, and it is such an interesting book that they are going to want to read it everywhere they go. As reported in this book, “While no one can predict uncertain events with certainty, we can at least understand certainty itself. “ (5) Probability is not just the likelihood of something happening; it provides a connection to the true, genuine, randomness that is part of astounding…

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    THEIR ARE MANY MANY THEORIES ON WHY THE DINOSAURS BECAME EXTINCT THE CAUSE OF THIS MASS EXTINCTION VARIES WIDELY. Some of those theories are that Years ago an asteroid crashed onto Earth’s surface. Mountains formed within minutes. In America, a tsunami hit covering plants and animals, under piles of rubble. Debrie was scattered, The planet was broken down and it stayed that way for years. But the most clear explanation to why the dinosaurs rapidly died out with the Mose scientific evedence is…

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    In definition, probability refers to the measure of the likelihood of an event happening. The probability for any event occurring falls between 1 percent and 100 percent thus meaning that the interpreted meaning of a probability equals the subject meaning held of the probability (Grinstead et al, 1997). However, it is worth noting that the application of probability or assigning of probability to the events in the effort to gratifying the axioms of probability follows some rules or basics…

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    Dinosaurs were said to be extinct. Said to be gone two-hundred thirty million years ago. Though, Michael Crichton uses his amazing writing skills and universal theme to bring these ancient animals back to life. In the book Jurassic Park, paleontologists, doctors, lawyers, and two children venture off to Costa Rica to see what elder John Hammond and his money has been up to for the past five years. When they arrive one day they could not believe what they saw. Humongous dinosaurs roaming around…

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    Brontosaurus Othniel Charles Marsh discovered and named the Brontosaurus (Greek “thunder lizard”), a four-legged dinosaur in 1879. With at least three known species, this dinosaur lived in the Morrison Formation of present day Western US, during the late Jurassic Period and became extinct by the end of the period. Perhaps one of the most controversially classified dinosaurs, paleontologists have reclassified the Brontosaurus several times since its discovery to an extent that some quarters…

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    Dayers Chapter 1 Summary

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    DAYER prologue Long time ago before dinosaurs an evil, merciless species reign happened, They were the Dayers. The Dayers possessed an enormous powers, but they never knew their capacity. They could transform into infinity numbers of power level, but as time went by dinosaurs came along, and as dinosaurs’ population aggressed, dinosaurs started dominating the Dayers. Even one Dayer is able to win a fight against 1,000 dinosaurs if they had developed their skills of fighting.Now those…

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    Case Study Dinosaurs

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    be wiped from existence. This was the case with the dinosaurs and many other species living in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic period. 65 million years ago a meteorite roughly 10 km across hit the earth’s surface, and the impact would be a catalyst to the extinction of 75% of the species living on earth at the time, including the dinosaurs. The impact of the meteorite would have instantly killed any organisms within proximity. But a majority of destruction happened after the impact. The impact blew enough…

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