A change in climate may have been the reason for dinosaurs becoming extinct about 65 million years ago. Some people believe that the Earth became very cold as a result of a meteor striking the Earth, causing a dust cloud to block out the Sun's heat. Dinosaurs were probably cold-blooded and could not adapt.

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