The Chicxulub crater is widely believed to be linked to which major event?
A Eruption of Mauna Loa
B Extinction of the dinosaurs
C Ice Age
Fact: About 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit what’s now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, forming the Chicxulub crater—over 110 miles wide. Discovered in the late 1970s by geophysicist Glen Penfield through oil exploration data, this impact caused global fires, tsunamis, and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Correct Answer: Extinction of the dinosaurs