Vocabulary
Remains of living things from long ago are called
a. an animal eater
b. endangered
c. a dinosaur
d. a fossil
d. a fossil
What does long, sharp teeth tell about a dinosaur?
a. it was big in size
b. it had long legs
c. it laid eggs
d. it ate meat
d. it ate meat
A scientist who studies dinosaurs is a
paleontologist
What is the same about dinosaurs and animals that live today?
a. they only eat plants
b. they cannot live in the water
c. they can be hurt by changes on Earth
d. they always travel in groups
c. they can be hurt by changes on Earth
Which fact about dinosaurs is true?
a. all could fly
b. many lived in the water
c. none ate plants
d. all laid eggs
b. many lived in the water
Living things the are close to becoming extinct are
endangered
What can a paleontologist learn from a dinosaur skeleton?
a. the size of the dinosaur
b. what year it lived
c. the color of the dinosaur
d. how many babies it had
a. the size of the dinosaur
a. fossils are easy to find
b. fossils give clues about dinosaurs
c. fossils give clues to the future
d. fossils are always of complete skeletons
extinct
How can we protect endangered animals?
a. make them extinct
b. keep them in safe places
c. hunt them
d. make them house pets
b. keep them in safe places
a. a tooth
b. a hat
c. a roller blade
d. a letter
a. a tooth
A full set of dinosaur bones can be put together into a
skeleton
Why do scientists compare fossil bones to bones of living animals?
a. to figure out how the animal lived
b. to figure out the name of the animal
c. to figure out which animal is bigger
d. to figure out which animal died first
a. to figure out how the animals lived
Where did some dinosaurs live?
a. in an igloo
b. in a hut
c. in the sea
d. in the zoo
c. in the sea