Fossils
What are fossils?
Remains of plants and animals
Eats both plants and meat
Omnivore
This was the first time period in which dinosaurs appeared, such as coelophysis and plateosaurus, 225 million years ago
Triassic period
Most dinosaurs are _____ blooded
cold blooded
Name 3 different extinction theories
Meteor, ice age, volcanoes, disease, radiation, food chain disruption, mammals ate eggs, earthquakes
Why are fossils important?
They help us know what dinosaurs and other animals that are extinct might have looked like.
An animal that no longer exists.
extinct
This was the last time period in which dinosaurs appeared, such as triceratops and t-rex, 144 million years ago
Cretaceous time period
The name dinosaur means _____
terrible lizard
3 adaptations of the velociraptor?
claws, teeth, strong legs, senses, hunting in groups
What is the difference in the teeth of herbivores and carnivores?
herbivores flat grinding teeth
Carnivores sharp teeth
Winged Toothless
pteranodon
This was the middle time period in which dinosaurs appeared, such as stegosaurus and diplodocus, 213 million years ago
jurassic time period
When the Earth was one giant continent, it was called _____
pangea
Why did some dinosaurs swallow stones?
To help them digest food
How is an amber fossil formed?
Living thing gets trapped in tree sap
Diagram that shows who eats what
Food chain/ food web
The Mesozoic era ended about how many MYA?
about 65 MYA
I have a large bony frill, three distinctive facial horns, and I am an herbivore...who am I
triceratops
Which Dino was the biggest hunter?
Spinosaurus
Name 3 examples of trace fossils
tracks, eggs, nests, dung
A person who studies dinosaurs- spell it:))
paleontologist
Name one other era besides the Mesozoic era.
Precambrian, Paleozoic, or Cenozoic era
I am a bipedal carnivore whose name in part means "tyrant" ...who am I
tyrannosaurus rex
Who gave dinosaurs their name?
Richard Owen