History
Types of Dinos
How Dinos Lived
Fact or Fiction
General Dino Knowledge
100

What does the word "dinosaur" mean?

Terrible lizard

100
Name a well-known meat-eating dinosaur that starts with the letter T.
T-Rex
100

True or False - Dinosaurs laid eggs

True!

100
Fact or Fiction: Some dinosaurs had feathers.
Fact
100

What features are stegosaurus known for?

- Plates along their spine

- Teeny tiny head

- Spiky tail

200
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
200
Name a plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its head.
Triceratops
200
Everything we know about dinosaurs comes from these.
Fossils
200

There were 3 periods where Dinosaurs lived...

Triassic: 252-201 million years ago

Jurassic: 201 - 145 million years ago

Cretaceous: 145 - 66 million years ago


Fact or Fiction: Tyrannosaurus Rex lived in the Jurassic period.

Fiction. (T-Rex lived in the Cretaceous period)

200
This word is used for a species that is no longer living anywhere on Earth.
Extinct
300
During the Triassic Period, 245 million years ago, the Earth consisted of only a single continent, it was called?
Pangaea
300
Dinosaurs belonged to which group of animals? A) Reptiles B) Amphibians C) Mammals
A) Reptiles
300

Were more dinosaurs herbivores (plants-eaters), carnivores (meat-eaters), or omnivores (eating both plants and meat)?

Herbivores

300

Fact or Fiction: Stegosaurus was the first dinosaur found.

Fiction.

The first dinosaur ever identified was called Megalosaurus. Throughout human history, people have been discovering dinosaur fossils and just didn't know what they were!

300
This type of scientist studies dinosaur remains.
Paleontologist
400
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.
400

Are there any flying dinosaurs? Bonus points for every correct answer you give!

Yes!

... But not the way you think!

Birds ARE dinosaurs! All other flying reptiles, however, are NOT dinosaurs! Pterodactyl and it's relatives do not count!

400
The smallest dinosaur yet discovered - the Compsognathus - was the size of what farm animal?
A chicken
400
Fact or fiction: Some dinosaurs could spit poison.
Fiction
400
These animals living today are descendants of (related to) dinosaurs.
Birds
500

What was the era called when dinosaurs existed?

Mesozoic Era

(Split into the 3 periods, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous)

500

Which dinosaur's name means "speedy thief"?

- Velociraptor

- T Rex

- Stegosaurus

- Micropachycephalosaurus 

Velociraptor (They could run about 60 km/hr for short bursts)

500
At the end of the Jurassic period, the land on Earth started to split up into smaller continents because of what 2 types of natural disasters? (Examples: hurricane, twister)
Volcanoes and earthquakes.
500
Fact or Fiction: The biggest animal on Earth today - the blue whale - is bigger than even the largest dinosaur.
Fact
500
On how many continents (of the 7 on Earth) have dinosaur remains been found?
All 7 of them
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