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Classifying Organisms of the Past

When organisms become extinct, they are no longer on Earth. Millions of years ago, there was a(n) extinction of dinosaurs. Some scientists believe the mass extinction of dinosaurs occurred after a giant asteroid or hit Earth. Dust blocked , therefore plants couldn’t survive. Without sunlight, plants could not make to survive. Without plants, dinosaurs that ate plants died. Meat-eating dinosaurs also died. Other scientists think erupted. This would have created great clouds that blocked sunlight. Perhaps a combination of these events caused the dinosaurs’ .