WorksheetsRocks and Dinos
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is the best example of the chemical weathering of a rock:
cracking of rock by plants and roots
rain percolating through limestone
frost action
What molecular substance is believed to be the most basic requirement or signature for life to exist on the planet
air
water
land
the removal and transport of surface materials (soil, rocks, mud, etc.) through the actions of wind, water, and ice. (always involves movement of material)
weathering
erosion
to wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure
weathering
erosion
the hard layer of rock beneath looser rocks and soil.
top soil
bed rock
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semi liquid state
thaw
freeze
What is the correct order of the time periods in the Mesozoic Era, earliest to latest...
Cretacious, Jurassic, Triassic
Triassic, Cretacious, Jurassic
Jurassic, Triassic, Cretacious,
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretacious,
This is the first (and shortest) period of the Mesozoic era. It started with a mass extinction of over 90% of the Earth’s species.
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretacious
During this time period, Pangea continues to break up even more and the ocean floods into new places. All this water gave the previously hot and dry climate a humid and drippy subtropical feel. Dinosaurs continued to diversify and grow huge
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretacious
The continents now look much like they do today. Flowering plants appear and spread like crazy. The climate cools. Predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Spinosaurus dominate
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretacious
in this Theory two scientists proposed the notion that a meteor the size of a mountain slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, filling the atmosphere with gas, dust, and debris that drastically altered the climate.
Alvarez Hypothesis
Deccan Traps Volcanic Eruptions
in this Theory it is believed that Ancient lava flows in India known caused the dinosaurs extinction
Alvarez Hypothesis
Deccan Traps Volcanic Eruptions
True Characteristics of a Dinosaur
wide sprawling stance
laid eggs
Lived on land
hole between eye socket and nostril
two holes behind eye sockets
Saurischia means
Lizard Hipped
Bird Hipped
Ornithischia means
Lizard Hipped
Bird Hipped
Apatosaurus and diplodocus are what kind of dinosaurs?
Sauropoda
Therapoda
The two main divisions of Saurischian dinosaurs are Sauropoda and Theropoda
True
False
Sauropoda Dinosaurs were
Herbivores
Carnivores
Tyrannosaurus is a _________type of dinosaur
Sauropoda
Theropoda
Living Birds are the living ancestors of ____________
Saurischians Dinosaurs
Onithischian Dinosaurs
