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Million Years Ago 65 Million Years
2,114 wordsThe "Nemesis Theory" was an outgrowth of the discovery of Alvarez et al. , that the impact of a large (10 km diameter) comet or asteroid was responsible for the great mass extinction that took place 65 million years ago. Studies of the fossil record by Dave Raup and Jack Sepkoski shows that this was not an isolated event, but one of several mass extinctions that appear to occur on a regular 26 million year cycle. Their original paper analyzed marine fossil families, and was published in the Proc...
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Economic Growth Cd Rom
1,929 wordsI feel I am a good listener and a good observer (Bingham 1999). My Structure of Intellect (SOI) reveals that I am a good at visualizing and identifying work in all types (Meeker 1999). The Career Information System (CIS) said that I should be good at notation and would be good with any type of Science work that has to do with taking notes, and also says that I would make a good Geologist. I would like to become a Paleontologist. I am interested in paleontology because I like studying the history...
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Million Years Ago Sea Levels
1,218 wordsLong before there were any people, millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the world. This was known as the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles. " Three different periods made up the Age of Reptiles, Triassic, Jurassic, and the Cretaceous Period. Out of these three periods, it is my opinion that the Cretaceous was the most magnificent time of the dinosaurs. The divide of the supercontinent Pangaea into separate continents was underway. The disjointing of Laurasia and Gondwana was concluded. In the...
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Natural Resources Find Fossils Paleontology
332 wordster> (a 9 th- 10 th grade essay) What Is Paleontology? Paleontology is he study of fossils, such as wood, bones, and shells. Those are the most common fossils, but there are also other types of things paleontologists search for. Such as soft tissues, tracks, and trails, and even coprolite's which are fossil feces. Even though the fossils these people dig up are billions of years old, there is no minimum age for a structure to be a fossil. These paleontologists study the fossils they fi...
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Link Between Birds Birds Are Dinosaurs Theory Archaeopteryx
723 wordsAre birds really dinosaurs or are they simply related? That is a question that has gained new life in recent years due to the overwhelming facts the are pouring in from newly found fossils and studies from fossils that have been found in the past. Two groups have formed in the study of this question: those who believe birds are a direct result of dinosaurs and those who feel dinosaurs and birds must have had a common ancestor. Determining which view is correct is a matter of opinion based on fac...
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Jurassic Park Amusement Park
848 wordsDino Land The Scariest Place on Earth Thump... thump thump... The glass of water in the Jeep ripples with vibration. The sound is heard againthumpthumpthump... All of the sudden, a gigantic roar is heard, followed by the final thump of the huge dinosaur foot. Does this scene sound familiar? It should if you have seen the 1993 blockbuster hit movie, Jurassic Park. While almost everyone has seen the dinosaur adventure story on the big screen, it was not originally a screenplay. Jurassic Park began...
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Million Years Ago 65 Million Years
693 wordsExtinction of Dinosaurs Ryan Humphries Biology 6 th Period Two-hundred and thirty million years ago the first dinosaur-like creature roamed the earth. Within five million years it could be considered a dinosaur. They were soon at the top of the food chain. They populated every continent. Then 65 million years ago they vanished. The most powerful creatures ever to live on earth had become extinct. Dinosaurs were not the only victims of this mass extinction. There were many other species that were...
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Natural Resources Find Fossils Paleontology
330 words(a 9 th- 10 th grade essay) What Is Paleontology? Paleontology is he study of fossils, such as wood, bones, and shells. Those are the most common fossils, but there are also other types of things paleontologists search for. Such as soft tissues, tracks, and trails, and even coprolite's which are fossil feces. Even though the fossils these people dig up are billions of years old, there is no minimum age for a structure to be a fossil. These paleontologists study the fossils they find to reconstru...
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