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dinosaurs vocab

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any group of animals in which every last member has died.

a)

Invasive

b)

Pest

c)

Extinct

d)

Weeds

2.
What does an herbivore eat?
a)
meat
b)
plants
c)
insects
d)
fish
3.

Which consumer group only has sharp teeth?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

4.

__________________ are consumers that eat ONLY MEAT (other animals)?

a)

Omnivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Herbivores

5.

________________ are consumers that eat ONLY PLANTS.

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Producers

6.

__________________ are consumers that eat BOTH Plants and Animals for food.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Producers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Carnivores

7.
All that is left of the dinosaurs are fossil bones and a few other clues. What does fossil mean?
a)
A plant or an animal
b)
A remain of a plant or an animal
c)
A rock
d)
A dinosaur
8.
Dinosaurs are extinct so all we have left are fossils. What does extinct mean?
a)
there are many of them
b)
there are none left
c)
they are wild
d)
they are tame
9.

What is a paleontologist?

a)

Someone who studies ancient life

b)

Someone who studies tigers

c)

Someone who wants a dinosaur as a pet

d)

Someone who studies animals

10.

Why are paleontologists' jobs important?

a)

They put dinosaurs on display in museums

b)

They dig big holes

c)

They teach us about animals we have on Earth today

d)

We learn about how the Earth used to be and all about our planet

11.
Which would be an example of a fossil?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Oyster Pearl
c)
Dinosaur Footprint
d)
  Rotting Log
12.

an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events

a)

theory

b)

carnivore

c)

fossil

13.

what is left behind

a)

remains

b)

paleontologist

c)

extinct

14.

giant dinosaurs that are 4 legged plant-eaters

a)

sauropod

b)

therapod

c)

dolphin pod

15.

broken down and fallen apart

a)

decayed

b)

resin

c)

erode

16.

What is a resin?

a)

tree sap/ goo found in trees or plants

b)

found in the water

c)

comes from dinosaurs

17.

When a rock is exposed to the wind and water, part of it will ____ and may show a fossil in the rock

a)

erode

b)

expose

c)

decay

18.

A dinosaur that has 2 legs to walk on

a)

sauropod

b)

pod of dolphins

c)

therapod

19.

interesting things like fossils

a)

curiosities

b)

curing things

c)

compare

20.

When we ___, we look at things that are the same and things that are different.

a)

classify

b)

compare

c)

count

21.
What does the word "dinosaur" mean?
a)
Scary thing
b)
Large mammal
c)
Big reptile
d)
Terrible lizard