DInosaurs/Fossils

Dinosaurs are a group of _________ that have lived on Earth for about 245 million years.

• amphibians

• mammals

• reptiles

• insects

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In 1842, the English naturalist Sir Richard Owen coined the term __________, which in Greek translates to fearfully great lizard.

• Dinosauria

• Reptilians

• Amphibian

• Fossil

True or False- Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.

• True

• False

There are roughly ______ known species of extinct dinosaurs.

• 1000

• 700

• 70

• 100

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True or False-Modern birds are not a kind of dinosaur because they share a common ancestor with non-avian dinosaurs.

• True

• False

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______________ are like detectives who examine the evidence that extinct animals left behind.

• Archeologists

• Biologists

• Geologists

• Paleontologists

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Everything we know about non-avian dinosaurs is based on __________, which include bones, teeth, footprints, tracks, eggs, and skin impressions.

• trees

• fossils

• cell data

• observations

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Paleontologists employ new technologies to solve unanswered questions about dinosaurs and other fossils such as ___________.

• CT scans

• MRI scans

• x-ray

• photography

The earliest known dinosaurs appeared during the ___________ Period (approximately 250 to 200 million ago).

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• New

• Triassic

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True or False- Not all dinosaurs lived during the same geological period.

• True

• False

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