--Please remember that it helps to support us on Spotify. --Sorry for being gone so long! I was on a trip and couldn't make an episode. But now that I'm back, enjoy this episode about dinosaurs, which is probably going to be kids' favorite! Also, I put up 2 new games on the website! One is Chocolate Factory, and the other one is Pixel Stick Dino. They're both great! In this episode, we'll talk about fossils, how they went extinct, fun facts, and more! I hope you enjoy it!
Transcript (From Script)
- Who wants to play a game about chocolate? Do you? If you do, check out the Kids Learning Lab website and look at the home page. You can’t miss it! Our website is at kidslearninglab.weebly.com. Now, time for today’s episode, which might be one of your favorites, dinosaurs.
- How do we know dinosaurs existed? Well, that’s all because of fossils. Fossils are the dead bodies of the dinosaurs that we can dig up. From there we can make guesses about what the dinosaur did. For example, if the dinosaur’s teeth were flat and big, we would guess it was a vegetarian. Dinosaurs who ate veggies usually had flat teeth that were strong for chomping up plants.
- Meat-eating dinosaurs usually had sharp, pointy teeth. They needed these for either eating other dinosaurs or eating small animals.
- Now, I have a question for you. Do you know how the dinosaurs went extinct? Hint: extinct means not existing anymore.
- Some of you might know the answer. If you don’t that’s okay! A lot of people are still wondering how it happened, but they do have some ideas.
- Idea 1: A meteor hit Earth off the coast of Mexico and created so much smoke that the sun was covered. Before we talk about this, I just thought of a fun fact. Did you know every type of energy came from the sun? Plants need light from the sun, and a lot of people eat plants. Even if you eat meat, those animals still had to eat plants which got energy from the sun. Windmills and wind turbines still get energy from the sun, believe it or not. Wind is actually what happens when hot air rises up and cold air takes its place. Hot stuff always rises. And the reason the hot air is hot is because of the sun. Solar panels get energy from the sun, and water power is still going because of rain, which is also powered by the sun. You can check out our Water Cycle episode, our Solar System episode, our Comet episode, our Moon episode, our Aurora episode, and our Gravity episode for more on that.
- Okay, back to the idea that a meteor hit Earth and created smoke to block the sun.
- This is an idea that 70-90% of people believe. A meteoroid is a piece of rock that is flying through outer space. When it enters our atmosphere, it is a meteor. Usually, the rocks burn up here. Sometimes, the rocks survive, and land on our surface, and are called meteorites. This specific meteorite contained iridium and when it landed, lots of ash and smoke covered the sun. Remember like 45 seconds ago, when we were talking about how every energy is from the sun? Well, all of the dinosaurs’ energy was also from the sun. So, they died.
- Idea 2: A volcano.
- Some people (5-10%) say that the smoke and ash still was present, but it was from a volcano, not a meteor. This could be possible, since scientists have found a large field full of ash and igneous rock in West India. (Check out our Rock Cycle episode for more on types of rock.) Anyways, this field could mean a volcano wiped out the dinosaurs.
- Idea 3: A disease
- Very few people (1-2%) believe it was a disease that killed the dinosaurs. There is very few evidence about this, but it could be possible. If you don’t know what a disease is, it’s when a species, for example dinosaurs, get sick because of these tiny little germs in your body.
- Thanks for listening to this episode of Kids Learning Lab! Hope you enjoyed it. Remember, if you want to play games and more, visit our website at kidslearninglab.weebly.com.
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