The document summarizes several theories for the mass extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, approximately 66 million years ago. The most widely accepted theory is that a large meteor struck the Yucatan Peninsula, causing global climate changes like cooling temperatures and acid rain that dinosaurs could not adapt to. Additionally, massive volcanic eruptions in India also contributed to changing the climate and releasing greenhouse gases. Diseases carried by insects may have also weakened dinosaur populations. The mass extinction was likely caused by a combination of these catastrophic events occurring simultaneously.