Carnivores
"King of the Dinosaurs"
What is a T-rex
Had 3 tusks and a bony frill on its head.
What is a Triceratops?
Many meat-eating dinosaurs, including the T-Rex, are now believed to have had these covering their bodies instead of just scales.
What are Feathers?
This 6-mile-wide object struck the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago.
What is an asteroid?
True or False: Flying reptiles like Pterodactyls are technically classified as dinosaurs.
False
Pack Hunting Dinos
What is a Velociraptor
Has a spiked back and tail.
What is a stegosaurus
This is the term for an animal, like the T-Rex, that walks on two legs.
What is a Biped
This supercontinent was still breaking apart into the continents we know today during the Cretaceous.
What is Pangea?
This is the only modern group of animals that are biologically considered "living dinosaurs."
What are Birds?
This giant predator had a large "sail" on its back and lived near water.
What is a Spinosaurus?
Famous for its long neck
What is a Brachiosaurus
This is the specific name for a scientist who studies dinosaur fossils.
What is a Paleontologist?
Scientists found a global layer of this rare space metal in the soil, marking the end of the dinosaurs.
What is Iridium?
This long-necked marine reptile lived in the oceans but belonged to a different family of reptiles.
What is a Plesiosaur?
This predator's name means "Different Lizard," and it was the top hunter of the Jurassic period.
What is an Allosaurus?
Had plates on its back and a bony tail.
What is an Ankylosaurus?
These are the "rocks" we find today that used to be dinosaur bones or footprints.
What are Fossils?
The site of the impact that ended the dinosaurs.
What is Chicxulub?
This fin-backed creature is often in toy sets, but it died out millions of years before the first dinosaur.
What is Dimetrodon?
This hunter had two large horns on its head that made it look like a bull.
What is a Carnotaurus
This "duck-billed" dinosaur had a long, hollow crest on its head that it used to make trumpeting sounds.
What is a Parasaurolophus?
This was the "Golden Age" of the dinosaurs, the middle period of the Mesozoic Era.
What is the Jurassic Era
These massive volcanic eruptions in India contributed to climate change before the asteroid hit.
What are the Deccan Traps?
This is the term for a "trace fossil," such as a footprint or a nest, rather than a bone.
What is an Ichnofossil?