Living Dinosaurs: Fact or Fiction

The discovery of the fossil Archaeopteryx provided evidence that birds evolved from

mammals.

• True

• False

Flight evolved once in the history of life - in birds.

• True

• False

All dinosaurs were large and slow moving.

• True

• False

Like birds, some dinosaurs laid eggs and cared for their young.

• True

• False

The skeleton of a T. rex has many similarities to the skeleton of a chicken.

• True

• False

The fossil record shows that some dinosaur species had feathers nearly identical to

those found on birds today.

• True

• False

Birds evolved feathers on wings so that they could fly.

• True

• False

Archaeopteryx is the direct ancestor to all living birds.

• True

• False

The first birds appear in the fossil record about 66 million years ago after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

• True

• False

Dinosaurs are alive today.

• True

• False