Animals Through Time: Mystery 1 and 2 Quiz

You take a trip to the local quarry. You walk all the way to the very bottom. At the bottom of the quarry you find the fossils shown in the image above. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location when these animals were alive?

• Grassland

• River

• Ocean

• Dessert

What evidence do the fossils give you to support your claim?

• I chose ocean because fish, see turtles, and starfish live in the ocean and the fossils look like these animals.

• I chose river because fish, turtles, and starfish live in rivers and the fossils look like those animals.

• I chose grassland because fish, turtles and starfish live in grassland and the fossils look like those animals.

• I chose the desert because fish, turtles and starfish live in the dessert and the fossils look like those animals.

Kayla went swimming so she could see sharks and sea turtles. When she started swimming, she saw many tree trunks on the ocean floor. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location a long time ago?

• Forest

• Grassland

• Ocean

• Dessert

The tree trunks are evidence that the habitat in this location has changed. What other evidence could you look for to support this claim? (THERE ARE 2 ANSWERS)

• I could look for fossils of other plants that grow in forests.

• I could look for fossils of plants that only live in the ocean.

• I could also dig beneath the ocean floor to look for fossils of animals that live in forests.

• I could look for fossils of animals that only live in the ocean.

Your friend Martha just found a crab shell on the ground. She’s really excited because she thinks it might be a fossil. She thinks this is evidence that your town used to be an ocean a very long time ago. The picture above shows you the location where she found the crab shell. Do you think your friend Martha found a fossil? Why or why not? (Make sure that you look closely at the illustration.)

What evidence do scientists have that makes them think dinosaurs looked liked big reptiles on the outside?

• Dinosaur skulls are more similar to reptile skulls than mammal skulls because both dinosaur skulls and lizard skulls have extra openings on top.

• Dinosaur egg fossils are also evidence that dinosaurs looked like reptiles because reptiles also lay eggs.

• Scientists also found fossil skin patterns that look like scales, similar to reptiles.

• All of the above.

What did dinosaurs eat? How do scientists know? (THERE ARE 3 ANSWERS)

• Dinosaurs ate chocolate cake, candy bars, and potato chips because I like to eat these foods and I am an animal.

• Dinosaurs that have sharp teeth ate meat.

• Dinosaurs with flat teeth ate plants.

• Dinosaurs with both sharp and flat teeth ate meat and plants.