Dino Identifier
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Triceratops
What does the name "dinosaur" mean?
What type of consumer is a dinosaur that only eats meat?
Carnivore
Everything we know about dinosaurs comes from these.
Fossils
Fact or Fiction: Some dinosaurs had feathers.
Fact
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct? A.) 65 thousand years ago B.) 65 billion years ago C.) 65 million years ago
C. 65 Million years ago
Dinosaurs belonged to which group of animals? A) Reptiles B) Amphibians C) Mammal
A) Reptiles
This type of scientist studies dinosaur remains.
Paleontologists
Fact or Fiction: Tyrannosaurus Rex lived in the Jurassic period.
Fiction. (T-Rex lived in the Cretaceous period)
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During the Triassic Period, 245 million years ago, the Earth consisted of only a single continent, it was called?
Pangaea
Were there any flying dinosaurs?
No. (Dinosaurs lived their entire lives on land. There were a lot of flying reptiles that lived at the same time the dinosaurs did such as the Pterodactyl.)
This word is used for a species that is no longer living anywhere on Earth.
Extinct
Fact or Fiction: Stegosaurus was the first dinosaur found.
Fiction
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Brachiosaurus
What probably caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? A) hunting by people B) disease C) wind storms D) an asteroid colliding with the Earth
D) An asteroid colliding with the Earth, which would have blocked out the sun for months and the organisms that could not adapt to the temperature and light changes died out.
Which dinosaur's name means "speedy thief"?
Velociraptor (could run about 60 km/hr for short bursts)
On how many continents (of the 7 on Earth) have dinosaur remains been found?
All 7 of them
Fact or fiction: Some dinosaurs could spit poison.
Fiction
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Raptor (Utah Raptor)
What was the era called when dinosaurs existed?
Mesozoic Era
What is the closest living relative to dinosaurs today?
Birds
The smallest dinosaur yet discovered - the Compsognathus - was the size of what farm animal?
A chicken
Fact or Fiction: The biggest animal on Earth today - the blue whale - is bigger than even the largest dinosaur.
Fact