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Dinosaurs

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What era did flowers appear on Earth?

a)

Triassic Period

b)

Jurassic Period

c)

Cretaceous Period

2.

The Cretaceous Period ended how many years ago?

(a)  

3.

What are the characteristics of a carnivorous dinosaur?

a)

Sharp teeth

b)

Eats meat only

c)

Eats plants

d)

Roared

4.

What is an example of an omivore dinosaur?

a)

Spinosaurus

b)

Oviraptor

c)

Deinocheirus

d)

Raccoon

5.

What is a mold fossil?

a)

Fossils of bacteria

b)

Imprints of a living thing

c)

The bones of a living thing

d)

Coproiltes

6.

What are some examples of true form fossils?

a)

An insect trapped in amber

b)

A mammoth trapped in tar

c)

A skeleton of a dinosaur trapped in

quicksand

d)

A complete skeleton of a fish

7.

Which type of rocks do fossils get found in?

a)

Sedimentary rocks

b)

Igneous rocks

c)

Metaphoric rocks

8.

What is the lifespan of a T. Rex?

a)

30 years

b)

65 million years

c)

20 years

d)

10 years

9.

What was the first dinosaur to be discovered and named as a true dinosaur?

a)

Iguanodon

b)

T. Rex

c)

Megalosaurus

d)

Velociraptor

10.

True or false? Iguanodon was one of three dinosaurs that inspired the appearance of Godzilla.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

On which continent have the most dinosaur fossils been found?

a)

Antarctica

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

12.

How big was a Brachiosaurus?

a)

About as tall as a Jeep

b)

About as tall as a two-story building

c)

40 feet (taller than two giraffes)

d)

About as tall as Washington D.C's Washington Monument

13.

Which dinosaur species was considered to be the smartest group with the largest ratio of the brain weight to the body weight?

a)

Dromaeosaurids

b)

B. Carnotaurus

c)

Deinonychus

14.

Is this a dinosaur? Type yes or no.

(a)  

15.

What does MYA mean?

a)

Million Years Ago

b)

My Young Adult

c)

Mesozoic Era Age

d)

Megalosaurus Yes Advanced

16.

When dinosaur bones were found in ancient China, what did they think they were?

a)

Dinosaur bones

b)

Dragon bones

c)

Buried wood

d)

Cyclops/giant bones

17.

True or False - The first dinosaur bones were found in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

List the three main periods in the Mesozoic Era.

a)

Triassic, Jurassic, Cretasus

b)

Triceratops, Jaxartosaurus, Carnotaurus

c)

Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

d)

T-shirt, Jam, Cat

19.

How would you outrun a T. Rex?

a)

By running, of course!

b)

By skateboarding like crazy

c)

Hop on a car, quick!

20.

What is your favorite dinosaur?

a)

Allosaurus

b)

T. Rex!

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Spinosaurus

e)

Velociraptor

21.

What caused the dinosaurs to die out?

a)

Bill Nye killed them all

b)

A meteor hitting Earth

c)

COVID-19

d)

the Ice Age

22.

Pteranodons were.....

a)

large birds that could fly

b)

large reptiles that could fly

23.

Which dinosaur could run the fastest?

a)

Triceratops

b)

Stegosaurus

c)

Brontosaurus

d)

Velociraptor

24.

What four things did Pteranodons probably eat?

a)

cow, pigs, horses

b)

Fish, crabs, squids, and dead animals