Vocabulary
Ch. 1 - Changing World
Ch. 2 - Fossils
100

An animal that only eats meat

What is a carnivore? 

100

Today, the Earth has ___ continent(s). 

What is 7? 

100

Dinosaur teeth can tell us ____. 

What did dinosaurs eat? 

200

An animal that only eats plants

What is an herbivore? 

200

Long ago, the Earth had ___ continent(s). 

What is 1? 

200
Short, thick leg bones indicate that a dinosaur ___. 

Did the dinosaur move slowly? 

300

An animal that is cold-blooded, scaly, and lays eggs

What is a reptile? 

300

The name of Earth's continent before it divided. 

What is Pangea? 

300

Dinosaurs usually laid their eggs in ___? 

What is a nest? (Also acceptable: what is sand/mud?) 

400

The remains of ancient life in the earth's crust

What is a fossil? 

400

The name of the era when most dinosaurs lived. 

What is the Mesozoic Era? 

400

Footprints moving in the same direction mean that ____. 

Did dinosaurs travel in packs or herds? 

500

A person who studies fossils

What is a paleontologist? 

500

The names of the first period of the Mesozoic Era. 

What is the Triassic Period?
500

Big footprints next to small footprints show us that ___. 

Did dinosaurs move with family?