Triassic Period
The Triassic Period is one of three periods during the ______________ Era
What is Cretaceous?
Dinosaurs are divided into two groups known as
What are saurischians and ornithischians?
What is equal?
This type of rock is the earliest type in the rock formation cycle
What is igneous?
This type of dinosaur is known as horned dinosaurs
What are Ceratopsians?
This is what appeared for the first time 240 million years ago
What are dinosaurs?
Saurischians are defined as
What is lizard-hipped?
This is how you identify the element on the periodic table
Sedimentary rocks are formed due to
This type of dinosaur is known for its bony tailed clubs (Alex's favorite type of dinosaur)
What are Ankylosaurs?
This mass extinction event ended the Triassic period
What is Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) aka. massive volcanic activity
Ornithischians are known as
What is bird-hipped?
This is the name of an atom of the same element with different number of neutrons
What is an isotope?
Metamorphic rocks are formed due to
What are heat, pressure,
These are known as the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight but are not considered dinosaurs
The Triassic Period is known as the age of the ___________________
What is dinosaur?
T-rexes are this general type of saurischians
What are theropods?
There are nuclear reactions going on in our bodies. Provide an example of one.
Answers vary. Alex makes the final judgement.
A geological feature (like a fault or intrusion) that cuts across another feature is younger than the feature it cuts is known as this
What is cross-cutting relationships?
Scientists use this technique to find how old fossils are
What is carbon dating?
The Triassic Period occurred ____________ million years ago
What is 252-201?
This feature distinguishes carnivorous dinosaurs from herbivores
What are teeth (specifically sharp teeth)?
This is the number of electrons in a neutral atom of Ho.
What is 67?
This scale is used to test mineral hardness
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
The technical term for digging up fossils is the process of
What is excavation?