A
Name that vocab word: What is left of a plant or an animal that lived long ago.
A Fossil
Name that vocab word:A scientist who finds and studies fossils.
A Paleontologist
Name that vocab word:To rebuild
Name that vocab word: No longer living
Extinct
Name that vocab word:A kind of animal that lived millions of years ago. Paleontologists learn more about them from
Dinosaur
Name that vocab word:A type of dinosaur whose name means "three-hotned face".
A Triceratops
Name that vocab word:A dinosaur whose name means "Tyrant lizard king".
Tyrannosaurus (T-Rex)
True or False: Plants and animals did not live on Earth before people did.
Name three places scientists can find fossils.
1. Rocks
2. Tar
3. Amber
What does the word dinosaur mean?
Terrible Lizard
Why do paleontologists slowly and carefully chip away at rocks when looking for fossils?
They do not want to break the fossils.
Where do dinosaurs lay their eggs?
In a nest
Describe the teeth of a plant-eating dinosaur?
Flat
Describe the teeth of a meat-eating dinosaur.
Long AND sharp
How do paleontologists learn about dinosaurs?
By studying the fossils of dinosaurs and comparing their findings with animals that live today.
True or false: Some dinosaurs were as small as a chicken.
True (Crazy, right!!!)
Which is the first step of how fossils are made:
a. Mud and sand cover the fish (or animal).
b. The mud and sand turn to rock.
c. A fish (or animal) dies.
C. The fish (or animal) dies
Which is the second step of how fossils are made:
a. Mud and sand cover the fish (or animal).
b. The mud and sand turn to rock.
c. A fish (or animal) dies.
A. Mud and sand cover the fish (or animal).
Which is the last step of how fossils are made:
a. Mud and sand cover the fish (or animal).
b. The mud and sand turn to rock.
c. A fish (or animal) dies.
B. The mud and sand turn to rock.
True or False: Teeth and shells are considered fossils.
TRUE
What type of skin do scientists believe dinosaurs had?
Scaly or smooth
How do scientists know that some dinosaurs laid eggs?
Fossil dinosaur nests have been found with fossil eggs in them.
Which is the first step of putting fossils together:
a. The pieces are cleaned
b. The fossil pieces are put together
c. The fossils are taken out of the rock.
C. The fossils are taken out of the rock.
Which is the second step of putting fossils together:
a. The pieces are cleaned
b. The fossil pieces are put together
c. The fossils are taken out of the rock.
A. The pieces are cleaned
Which is the second step of putting fossils together:
a. The pieces are cleaned
b. The fossil pieces are put together
c. The fossils are taken out of the rock.
B. The fossil pieces are put together