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Dnsr Notes 25
Aliens, Asteroids, and Volcanoes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What percentage of dinosaurs are now extinct? | 99.9% |
| How long did dinosaurs thrive for? | 150 my |
| How many species of dinosaurs exist today? | 10,000 |
| How does background extinction compare to mass extinction? | Background extinction continually occur and are isolated extinctions. Mass extinctions occur great and small but are still substantial events. |
| What are the five mass extinctions? | End-ordovician, late devonian, end-permian, end-triassic, end-cretaceous |
| When was the end-Ordovician? | (445 Mya) |
| Late Devonian? | (374 mya) |
| end-permian and what percentage went extinct? | (252.5 mya) 80% |
| end-triassic | (201.5 mya) |
| end-cretaceous | (65.5 mya) |
| What was the K-T extinction? | Cretaceous-tertiary |
| What are the three main hypoth |