KLYS R.

GEMENTIZA GRADE 11- THOMSON

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for 160 million years. Last day of the dinosaurs 66 million years
ago, a six-mile wide asteroid slammed into the ocean off the coast of Mexico Yucatan Peninsula,
carving out a 110-mile wide crater known as chicxulub. Dinosaurs were the pinnacle of
prehistoric evolution they were at the top of the Mesozoic food chain a great number of
dinosaur’s species of various sizes populated all continents. All animals young and old were
going about their day as usual doing some foraging and hunting.

The asteroid hits the Earth in Mexico, causing a big explosion and sending debris shooting
through the air. The explosion heats the air temperature near the site to hundreds of degrees.
Hundreds of Alamosaurus are burned alive. Moments later, burning debris come raining down
from the sky, crushing many Alamosaurus. Afterwards, a magnitude 11 earthquake cripples the
rest of the herd before the blast wave arrives and finishes off the last of the Alamosaurus. Most
of the eggs are destroyed but some survive, buried under the soil.
The impact has caused a searing hot ejecta cloud to begin engulfing the planet. As it approaches
the pacific northwest, the earthquake from Mexico arrives and begins to decimate the area.
The intense heat from the ejecta cloud ignites fires around the world, including in the pacific
northwest. This causes a firestorm to form that reaches speeds of 9mph. All large dinosaurs,
including a feeding Tyrannosaurus, a group of Triceratops and an Ankylosaurus are forced to
flee whilst smaller animals hide underground. The female Quetzalcoatlus, who was mourning her
mate, is also forced to fly away as the firestorm consumes the forest.
The asteroid impact triggered a series of terrible earthquakes measuring up to 11.2 points the
tremors were about 50 times stronger than any earthquake known to humanity the most powerful
great Chilean earthquake pf 1960 had a 9.5 magnitude increasing this number by one point
would mean 30 times more powerful energy release the planet was shaking so hard that all
volcanoes woke up and began to erupt about 70 billions tons of pulverized stones soot ash and
carbon monoxide rose up as a result of eruptions their friction against the air caused enormous
temperature increase a huge hot cloud of dust stormed across the planet burning everything in its
path it was approaching Mongolia at a speed of 18 000 kilometers per hour the temperature here
rose to 150 degrees celsius and hour and half after the impact all living creatures died or rather
almost all creatures

Four days since impact, food is in short supply across the entire planet. In the Pacific Northwest,
four Triceratops head towards an island untouched by a fire storm in search of food. The cause of
the island forms a huge megatsunami, but also causes the water to recede and form a bridge to
the ocean. Three of the Triceratops cross the land bridge to the island. The remaining
female Quetzalcoatlus lands, where she eats a stranded fish, just as the wave builds and races
towards shore. She attempts to take off but is caught into a big wave and drowns, with the wave
drowning three Triceratops as well.

Ten days have passed since impact, only a few dinosaurs remain. In Mongolia,
the Charonosaurus stays close to the hole, but collapses and dies from inhaling gas that rose up
from the hole. The Saurornithoides runs up to the dead Charonosaurus, but it too is killed by the
toxic gas.