Habitats
Fossil Bones
Fossil Tracks
More Fossil Questions
100
These fossils were found at a quarry. What was the habitat previously?
a. Grassland
b. River
c. Ocean
d. Desert
c. Ocean
100
What size was the dinosaur probably?
a. smaller than a chicken
b. the same size as a chicken
c. the same size as a wolf
d. the same size as a horse
e. larger than a horse
e. larger than a horse
100
When are your footprints closer together, when you run or when you walk?
when you walk
100
Did we measure our leg length in inches or centimeters?
inches
200
A shark tooth fossil was found in a grassland habitat. What was that habitat previously?
An ocean
200
Which animal does this mystery fossil bone look most like? Did the mystery animal walk on 4 legs, 2 legs, or fly/glide?
bat- the animal flew/glided
200
Ricardo and this dinosaur have the same leg length. Does it look like the dinosaur was walking or running when it made these tracks?
running
200
1. Large
2. Wolf
3. Small
300
What does a whale fossil in the desert tell you?
the habitat changed/the habitat was previously an ocean
300
Is it more likely that the dinosaur ate meat or plants? Why?
The dinosaur most likely ate meat because it had sharp teeth.
300
What did we do to determine if we could run faster than a dinosaur?
We measured our leg length and compared 8 steps of us running to 8 steps of a dinosaur with a similar leg length running.
300
What is a trait?
something you can observe about a living thing, such as the broad fins of a fish
400
The tree trunks in this picture are evidence that the habitat changed. What would be another piece of evidence that the habitat had changed?
fossils of other plants or animals that were from a forest habitat
400
Fill in the blanks in the chart.
1. sharp teeth
2. horse
3. plants
400
How do scientists know that a footprint is from a dinosaur?
The bones were close to dinosaur fossils and the feet of a dinosaur fit into the fossil footprints.
400
Was this a furry animal or scaly lizard? How do you know?
It was a scaly lizard because there are openings in the skull in unexpected places.