Early life
What event during the Cambrian Period led to the huge expansion in biodiversity?
The Cambrian Explosion
What is one carnivorous dinosaur present during the jurrassic period?
The Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, + Giganotosaurus,
Name 2 Mammals from the Cenozoic Era?
Woolly Mammoth, Sabre-Toothed Cat, Giant Ground Sloth, Giant Beaver, humans.
what year did the first Jurassic park movie come out
1993
What happened at the END of the Permian period?
Mass extinction.
What did the Archaeopteryx have on/in its wings?
Claws
What started to happen during the Cenozoic Era?
Mammals began to replace dinosaurs as the prominent vertebrates on land.
Jeff Goldblum played this cynical mathematician who specialized in "Chaos Theory.
Ian Malcolm
What is one theory regarding the cause of the Permian extinction?
Climate change or Volcanic explosions.
How many tons did the Ultrasaurus?
80 tons
What mammals are born very young and stay in their mothers pouch?
Marsupial mammals
Ironically, the park's main villain, the Velociraptor, actually lived during this geological period, not the Jurassic.
Cretaceous Period
What animal was very prominent during the Cambrian period?
Trilobites
What was the cause of Mass distinction during this Era?
Volcanic eruptions.
What did humans evolve from?
Primate ancestors in Africa
The movie took creative liberties by giving this dinosaur a colorful neck frill and the ability to spit blinding venom.
Dilophosaurus
During the Devonian period, what group of fish began to adapt to terrestrial environments?
Lobe-finned fish.
How big and fast was the meteorite that hit our Earth 66 billion years ago?
Earth was struck by a meteorite roughly 6 miles in diameter and traveling 90,000 kilometers per hour at the time of impact.
What plants became dominant during the Cenozoic era
Angiosperms
What did the sound designer use to create the Triceratops noises.
Cow sounds mixed with human breathing through a tube.