Dino Basics
Dinosaurs are most closely related to this type of animal still alive today.
What are birds?
The “king of the dinosaurs.”
What is Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Dinosaurs that eat plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
Dinosaurs lived on this planet.
What is Earth?
True or false—Pterodactyls are dinosaurs.
What is false?
This word means "terrible lizard."
What is dinosaur?
This dinosaur has three horns on its face.
What is Triceratops?
Dinosaurs that eat meat are called this.
What are carnivores?
Scientists think an asteroid hit here and wiped out most dinosaurs.
What is Mexico/the Yucatan Peninsula?
This giant animal alive today is sometimes called a "living dinosaur."
What is a crocodile/alligator?
Dinosaurs could be plant-eaters or this.
What are meat-eaters/carnivores?
This long-necked dinosaur ate plants from tall trees.
What is Brachiosaurus?
Dinosaurs that eat both plants and meat are called this.
What are omnivores?
This type of land was once home to many dinosaurs: desert, forest, or both?
What is both?
This ice age animal with long, shaggy hair is often mistaken for a dinosaur.
What is a wooly mammoth?
Scientists study these old bones to learn about dinosaurs.
This dinosaur had a spiky tail it could swing like a club.
What is Ankylosaurus?
This is what dinosaurs did with eggs.
What is lay them?
These animals lived in the ocean at the same time as dinosaurs, but they were not dinosaurs.
What are sea reptiles/swimming reptiles?
This reptile with a sail-like fin on its back lived before the dinosaurs.
Dimetrodon?
Dinosaurs lived a very long time ago during this era.
What is the Mesozoic Era?
This fast, pack-hunting dinosaur was featured in “Jurassic Park."
What is a Velociraptor?
Dinosaurs often traveled together in these groups.
What are herds/packs?
This supercontinent existed when dinosaurs first appeared.
What is Pangaea?
This massive shark lived after dinosaurs went extinct.
What is a Megalodon?