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Which best supports the evidence that an asteroid collision may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
A. Dinosaur fossil remains are found at the bottom of a body of water.
B. Many dinosaur skeletons are found in one particular rock layer.
C. Rare metal on Earth called Iridium is found in layers where dinosaurs disappeared.
D. Bodies of dinosaurs are only found in craters where asteroid collided.
A. Dinosaur fossil remains are found at the bottom of a body of water.
B. Many dinosaur skeletons are found in one particular rock layer.
C. Rare metal on Earth called Iridium is found in layers where dinosaurs disappeared.
D. Bodies of dinosaurs are only found in craters where asteroid collided.
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C. Rare metal on Earth called Iridium is found in layers where dinosaurs disappeared.
This option best supports the evidence for an asteroid collision causing the extinction of dinosaurs because the presence of iridium, which is more abundant in asteroids than in the Earth's crust, suggests an extraterrestrial impact coinciding with the time of the dinosaurs' extinction.
This option best supports the evidence for an asteroid collision causing the extinction of dinosaurs because the presence of iridium, which is more abundant in asteroids than in the Earth's crust, suggests an extraterrestrial impact coinciding with the time of the dinosaurs' extinction.