🦖 How did dinosaurs go extinct?

Long, long ago, a big rock from space 🌠 crashed into Earth! It made a huge boom and lots of dust flew up into the sky. The sun couldn't shine, and it got very cold. The dinosaurs couldn't find food, and they slowly disappeared. 🦕💔

But don't worry! Some small animals survived, and now we have birds, which are like little dinosaur cousins! 🐦

About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid (as big as a mountain!) hit Earth near Mexico. 🌍💥 The impact caused earthquakes, wildfires, and a huge dust cloud that blocked sunlight for years. Plants died, then plant-eating dinosaurs, and finally meat-eaters like T-Rex. 🦖🔥

But some animals, like small mammals and birds, survived because they could hide or eat seeds. That's how life continued!

Dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago in the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. Scientists believe a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid struck near Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, creating the Chicxulub crater. 💥 The impact:

• Released energy equal to billions of atomic bombs 💣
• Caused wildfires, tsunamis, and a "nuclear winter" from dust blocking sunlight 🌫️❄️
• Acid rain poisoned oceans ☔🌊

Without sunlight, plants died, collapsing the food chain. Only small animals (like mammals and birds) survived by eating seeds or hiding underground. This allowed mammals to evolve—leading to humans!