Fossils & Dinosaurs (sciscope 4's)

Fossils

100

What does a palaeontologist study?

a. Fossils

b. Shells

c. Sand

a. Fossils

200

What is a fossil?

The remains of animals/plants that were once living. 

300

Which living thing does this fossil belong to?

a. Trilobite 

b. Shark

c. Ammonite

c. Ammonite

400

The type of fossils we made in class a few weeks ago are called what?

a. Body fossils 

b. Trace fossils

c. Mould fossils

b. Trace fossils

Dinosaurs

100

What type of dinosaur is this?

a. Tyrannosaurus 

b. Diplodocus 

c. Triceratops 

c. Triceratops 

200

What does this dinosaur eat?

a. Meat 

b. Vegetables

c. Both

a. Meat

300

Which of the following is the tallest dinosaur?

a. Megalosaurus 

b. Brachiosaurus

c. Stegosaurus 

b. Brachiosaurus

400

This skeleton looks very similar to a bird, which dinosaur does this skeleton belong to?

a. Archaeopteryx

b. Velociraptor 

c. Allosaurus

a. Archaeopteryx

Geological timeline

100

What is one of the youngest living things in your geological timeline?

Man, ape, horse, cow, cave bear, dog, rabbit, deer

200

Dinosaurs are all alive in which time period?

a. Triassic

b. Jurassic

c. Cretaceous

b. Jurassic

300

What does the geological timescale show us?

a. Calendar of events for Earth's history.

b. Calendar of events for Mar's history.

c. Calendar of rocks 

a. Calendar of events for Earth's history.

400

Which era are we currently in?

a. Palaeozoic 

b. Mesozoic 

c. Cenozoic 

c. Cenozoic

Random trivia

100

What kind of fish is Nemo from Finding Nemo?

Clown fish 

200

Where was the 2024 Olympic games held?

Paris

300

This character belongs to what popular board game?

Monopoly

400

What animals are on the Australian coat of arms and the 50 cent coin?

Emu and Kangaroo