Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!

Where did the ancient Chinese believe the dinosaur fossil bones came from?

• magic dragons

• the United States

• old sea serpents

• outer space

What mistake did scientists make about the Iguanodon?

• It was related to the modern day giraffe.

• It had teeth as large as a rhino's nose.

• They thought it had a horn on its nose, like a rhino's horn.

• They thought it used its horn for hunting.

What did scientists discover about dinosaur legs?

• They had legs like lizards.

• Their legs were straight under them like a horse.

• They ran like dogs.

• They had six legs.

Scientist thought that ALL dinosaurs dragged their tail on the ground. They have since found clues that tell them.....

• They were correct.

• Dinosaurs had no tails.

• Some fossils show their tailbones had stiff tendons to help hold tails up.

• They held their tails with their hands as they ran.

Scientists have found.....SELECT TWO CHOICES.

• Dinosaurs had solid bones.

• Dinosaurs bones had lots of blood vessels inside.

• Dinosaurs had brittle, or very breakable bones.

• Dinosaurs had bones more like birds and were warm and full of energy.

Scientists have found fossils that show dinosaurs' skin might have been.....CHOOSE TWO CHOICES

• covered with feathers

• covered with fur like a cat

• hard, like a turtle's shell

• covered in bumps or scales

Scientists don't think dinosaurs were gray because....

• They think that gray dinosaurs wouldn't have camouflage to hide them from predators.

• They have found pictures of live dinosaurs.

• They have found colored, fossilized skin.

• Dinosaurs didn't like gray.

Scientists have learned that.....

• Dinosaurs left their eggs like a turtle and never took care of their babies.

• Dinosaurs likely kept their babies in a nest and brought food to them.

• Dinosaurs were mammals and gave birth to live babies.

• Dinosaurs laid eggs under the water.

Which of the following statements is true?

• Dinosaurs taught their babies to swim.

• Dinosaurs killed and ate their own babies.

• Dinosaurs fed their babies with milk.

• Some dinosaurs traveled in herds with their young in the middle for protection.

How do scientist think dinosaur mothers were different than lizard mothers? CHOOSE TWO CHOICES

• Lizards feed their babies other baby lizards.

• Lizard mothers lay their eggs and leave them.

• It appears that dinosaurs laid their eggs and took care of them.

• Dinosaurs laid their eggs in nests they had made.