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Rocks and Dinos

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best example of the chemical weathering of a rock:

a)

cracking of rock by plants and roots

b)

rain percolating through limestone

c)

frost action

2.

What molecular substance is believed to be the most basic requirement or signature for life to exist on the planet

a)

air

b)

water

c)

land

3.

the removal and transport of surface materials (soil, rocks, mud, etc.) through the actions of wind, water, and ice. (always involves movement of material)

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

4.

to wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

5.

the hard layer of rock beneath looser rocks and soil.

a)

top soil

b)

bed rock

6.

to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semi liquid state

a)

thaw

b)

freeze

7.

What is the correct order of the time periods in the Mesozoic Era, earliest to latest...

a)

Cretacious, Jurassic, Triassic

b)

Triassic, Cretacious, Jurassic

c)

Jurassic, Triassic, Cretacious,

d)

Triassic, Jurassic, Cretacious,

8.

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.

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cretacious

9.

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

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cretacious

10.

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

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cretacious

11.

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.

a)

Alvarez Hypothesis

b)

Deccan Traps Volcanic Eruptions

12.

in this Theory it is believed that Ancient lava flows in India known caused the dinosaurs extinction

a)

Alvarez Hypothesis

b)

Deccan Traps Volcanic Eruptions

13.

True Characteristics of a Dinosaur

a)

wide sprawling stance

b)

laid eggs

c)

Lived on land

d)

hole between eye socket and nostril

e)

two holes behind eye sockets

14.

Saurischia means

a)

Lizard Hipped

b)

Bird Hipped

15.

Ornithischia means

a)

Lizard Hipped

b)

Bird Hipped

16.

Apatosaurus and diplodocus are what kind of dinosaurs?

a)

Sauropoda

b)

Therapoda

17.

The two main divisions of Saurischian dinosaurs are Sauropoda and Theropoda

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Sauropoda Dinosaurs were

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

19.

Tyrannosaurus is a _________type of dinosaur

a)

Sauropoda

b)

Theropoda

20.

Living Birds are the living ancestors of ____________

a)

Saurischians Dinosaurs

b)

Onithischian Dinosaurs