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Three main kinds of giant reptiles found in Alabama during the Age of Reptiles are

• dinosaurs of the land,

• plesiosaurs of the sea

• pterosaurs of the sky

When some creature no longer exists on the Earth, it is said to be _____.

• extinct

• intact

• megatheriums

The approximate Age of Mammals is ______ years

• 150

• 65 million

• 6, 000

The recorded Age of Man began about ____ years ago.

• 150

• 65 million

• 6,000

The two most common dinosaurs living in Alabama were the ____ and ____.

• stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex

• Albertosaurus and Hadrosaur

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

• the Age of Mammals

• Age of Reptiles

• the Age of Birds

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

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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

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

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

• true

• false