Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseChapter 24:
The Mesozoic and Cenozoic ErasWeb Links
| Archaeopteryx | | Learn more about the earliest bird scientists have discovered. Visit this site and find out what it looked like, what it ate and how it lived. What type of dinosaur does the archaeopteryx most closely resemble?
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Archaeopteryx.shtml
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| Dinosaur National Monument | | This national park, which straddles the Utah-Colorado border is one of the largest sites of dinosaur fossils in the U.S. Visit this site to the national park to learn more about these animals and how they are preserved in the rock. Why is this area so rich in dinosaur fossils?
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http://www.nps.gov/dino/
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| Cracking the Ice Age | | The PBS program NOVA has put together this site to discuss the many ice ages in Earth's past. Visit this site to learn more about the science of the ice ages. How did the movement of continents coincide with the temperature shifts in the ice ages?
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ice/
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