How Does The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute Work?

Imagine you're watching a super-duper slow-motion video of the day the dinosaurs died, but instead of just seeing it all at once, you see each minute of that big event happen one after another.

The Earth was hit by a giant space rock, like when a really big pebble falls on your toy car and knocks it over. This happened in what we now call the Cretaceous, Paleogene extinction event, or simply the dinosaur death day.

• At first, there was a big boom, like when you drop a heavy book on the floor.
• Then came a giant wave of heat and fire, like being outside during a super strong campfire.
• After that, a lot of dust and smoke went into the air, it was like someone threw all the chalk from your classroom into the sky at once.
• This made the sunlight dim, so it felt like going from a bright day to nighttime in just a few minutes.

All this happened very quickly, but if you watched it minute by minute, it would look like a slow and dramatic movie!