Dinosaurs
Extinction
Endangered Animals
Risk Level
Vocabulary
100

True/false: Dinosaurs were probably like reptiles (or birds).

 A.True   B. False 

A.True

100

True/False: Humans can make animal species go extinct. 

A. True     B. False

A. True

100

True/false: All animals are endangered.

 A.True   B. False

B. False

100

Dinosaurs and wooly mammoths are:

A. Threatened     B. Endangered      C. Extinct

C. Extinct

100

What is "pollution"?

A. Clean water     B. Trash and filth      C. Healthy

B. Trash and filth

200

How do we know that dinosaurs existed? 

A.They are still alive     B. Fossils/skeletons    C. Humans lived with them

B. Fossils/skeletons

200

An animal that no longer exists is called:

A. Extinct    B. Endangered   C. Predator

A. Extinct

200

True/False: The government makes laws to protect endangered animals.

A. True     B. False

A. True

200

Polar Bears, Cheetahs, and Pangolins are:

A. Threatened     B. Endangered      C. Extinct

A. Threatened

200

What is a "habitat"?

A. Fish     B. Fossil     C. Animal's home     

C. Animal's home

300

Most scientists think that all the dinosaurs went extinct because a giant _______ crashed into Earth.

A. Snake     B. Asteroid (rock)       C. Planet

B. Asteroid (rock)

300

Tigers and American Bison (Buffalo) almost went extinct because humans over-_______ them.

A. Fed     B. Protected     C. Hunted

C. Hunted

300

"Endangered" means that an animal species is almost ______.

A. Alive      B. Extinct       C. Dangerous

B. Extinct

300

Giant Pandas and Sea Otters are:

A. Threatened     B. Endangered      C. Extinct

B. Endangered

300

A scientist who studies ancient fossils is called a:

A. Dinosaur     B. Dentist      C. Paleontologist

C. Paleontologist

400

Scientists think that dinosaurs lived around __________ years ago.

A. 100      B. 2,000      C. 100 million

C. 100 million

400

How did wooly mammoths probably go extinct?

A. Climate change     B. Overhunting      C. They didn't

A. Climate change

400

Javan Rhinos are called ______ endangered because there are less than 100 of them left alive.

A. Critically     B. Super     C. Not

A. Critically

400

Sea turtles and black rhinoceros are:

A. Threatened     B. Endangered      C. Extinct

B. Endangered

400

"Climate change" is when all the _______ changes on Earth.

A. Weather     B. Animals     C. T-Rex

A. Weather

500

Which dinosaurs were bigger: carnivores or herbivores?

A. Carnivores      B. Herbivores

B. Herbivores

500

People who try to save animals from going extinct are called:

A. Poachers     B. Conservationists     C. Litter-bugs

B. Conservationists

500

Write ALL the ways that animals can become endangered or even extinct. 

A.Over-hunting     B. Climate change     C. Pollution     D. Invasive species

A.Over-hunting     B. Climate change     C. Pollution     D. Invasive species

500

Dodo birds and thylacines are:

A. Threatened     B. Endangered      C. Extinct

C. Extinct

500

An "invasive species" is an animal that ______somewhere.

A. Doesn't belong     B. Is extinct     C. Is good

A. Doesn't belong

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