AL History Week 2

There has been no evidence as of today that humans ever hunted giant prehistoric animals

• True

• False

The two most common dinosaurs living in Alabama were the Stegosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

• True

• False

In Alabama, there are very few dinosaur fossils because top soil has covered the remains

• True

• False

Dinosaur remains are found near cretaceous rock and Alabama has more of it than just about any other place in the eastern United States.

• True

• False

The most common ancient mammal in Alabama is believed to be the mammoth.

• True

• False

Most dinosaur remains are found in

• creek gullies, water, new construction sites

• schools

• ditches

• my refrigerator

Many dinosaur digs are located on a line running east to west through the counties of Dallas, Montgomery and Russell because

• most of the state's vegetation is located here

• this is the site of an ancient shoreline where dino bodies were washed to shore.

• the state's most vicious dinosaurs were located here, and that is where they ate their prey.

• dinosaurs got stuck in the quicksand located here and died

The time period between the death of dinosaurs and the beginning of man living on the Earth is called

• the Age of Mammals

• the Age of Reptiles

• the Age of Birds

• none of the above

Ancient mammals aren't living today because

• they froze to death during the Ice Age

• they were killed by disease

• these mammals were all killed by man

• no one knows for sure how they died

The first people in Alabama, the Paleo Indians, came to North America

• during the ice age

• from Siberia

• following large herds of animals traveling in search of food

• all of the above