Quiz on Dinosaurs and Their Descendants

Which animals are the descendants of dinosaurs according to the text?

• Crocodiles

• Birds

• Alligators

• Snakes

What type of dinosaurs did modern birds come from?

• Four-legged dinosaurs

• Two-legged dinosaurs

• Sea dinosaurs

• Flying dinosaurs

What is a characteristic of Velociraptors mentioned in the text?

• They could fly

• They had feathers

• They lived in water

• They had no bones

Where was a Velociraptor's forearm bone with quill knobs found?

• China

• Mongolia

• India

• Australia

What do quill knobs on bones indicate?

• The dinosaur could swim

• The dinosaur had feathers

• The dinosaur was very large

• The dinosaur had scales

What feature do today's birds and Velociraptors share?

• Hollow bones

• Long tails

• Sharp teeth

• Large wings

Why couldn't Velociraptors fly?

• They were too heavy

• They had short forelimbs

• They had no feathers

• They lived underwater

What might have been a use for Velociraptor's feathers?

• Swimming

• Mating displays

• Digging

• Climbing

What did Velociraptors and modern birds tend to do with eggs?

• Eat them

• Bury them

• Nest them

• Ignore them

How long ago did dinosaurs go extinct?

• 100 million years ago

• 66 million years ago

• 50 million years ago

• 10 million years ago