How heavy is your pet dinosaur?

• Autores: Mark David Walker
• Localización: School Science Review, ISSN 0036-6811, Vol. 101, Nº. 377, 2020, págs. 45-49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • How heavy is your pet Tyrannosaurus rex? Accurately ascertaining the mass of a large carnivorous dinosaur is a challenging task for most students. Here, a simple method using model dinosaurs and some straightforward mathematics is provided. This is considerably more practical and safer than weighing the living dinosaur itself.

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