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Mystery Science: Animals Through Time - Mystery 2 Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do scientists know what dinosaurs ate?

a)

Scientists look at the shape of their body.

b)

Scientists look at their teeth.

c)

Scientists look at the shape of their skull.

2.

“Saur” is from the Greek language and means

a)

Organism

b)

Lizard

c)

Mammal

3.

About how long ago were the first dinosaur bones found?

a)

800 years ago

b)

600 years ago

c)

200 years ago

4.

True or False: Scientists know what caused the dinosaurs to die.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which is the largest land animal to ever walk the earth?

a)

Dreadnoughtus

b)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

c)

Velociraptor

6.

Which animal was the dinosaur closely related to?

a)

Shark

b)

Gorilla

c)

Crocodiles

7.

“Dino” is from the Greek language and means

a)

Gigantic

b)

Terrifying

c)

Scaly

8.

Scientists assume dinosaurs were like scaly reptiles and not furry animals because

a)

There are more openings in the skull like reptiles we see today.

b)

They had long necks like snakes and lizards we have today.

c)

Only reptiles could be as large as a dinosaur. Furry animals are usually smaller.

9.

About how long ago did all of the dinosaurs die?

a)

65 million years ago

b)

20 million year

c)

5 million years ago

10.

Scientists assume dinosaurs were like scaly reptiles and not furry animals because

a)

they found fossil skin patterns that look similar to that of mammals.

b)

they found fossil skin patterns that look like fur, similar to dogs.

c)

they found feather fossils near the dinosaur fossils.

d)

they found fossil skin patterns that look like scales, similar to reptiles.

11.

Scientists think dinosaurs looked like big reptiles on the outside because

a)

they laid eggs.

b)

their babies were born alive.

12.

Dinosaurs with flat teeth ate meat.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Dinosaurs with flat and sharp teeth ate both plants and meat.

a)

True

b)

False