Alabama History Studies Weekly 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.

• ture

• false

In Alabama, there are very few dinosaur fossils because topsoil 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 ____________.

(*you can choose more than one answer*)

• water

• construction sites

• creek gullies

• rock quarries

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 the 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