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dinosaur quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What size could a Velociraptor's claw grow up to?

a)

3 cm

b)

4 cm

c)

5.5 cm

d)

6.5 cm

2.

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a herbivore - True or false?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

What does Tyrannosaurus Rex mean?

a)

King of the scary lizards

b)

Big flesh eating lizard

c)

Destroyer of worlds

d)

Tall dinosaur

4.

What was the first dinosaur ever named, way back in 1824?

a)

Ceitosaurus

b)

Brontosaurus

c)

Megalosaurus

d)

Donkodocus

5.

In what year were dinosaur remains first discovered in North America?

a)

1722

b)

1854

c)

1901

d)

1993

6.

When was the dinosaur first existed?

a)

Between 233 and 245 million years ago

b)

Between 278 and 320 million years ago

c)

Between 278 and 289 million years ago

7.
  1. When did the dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

Lack of basic resouces

b)

Because of a very hot weather

c)

Because of a meteor

8.

What sort of dinosaur-like animal is Nessie sometimes depicted as?

a)

Megalodon shark

b)

Plesiosaurus

c)

Ichthyosaurs

d)

Mosasaur

9.

During which period did the Tyrannosaurus rex live?

a)

Cretaceous

b)

Jurassic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Summer

10.

When did dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

1000 years ago

b)

Last week

c)

65 million years ago

d)

Quite a long time ago

11.

What were the biggest dinosaurs?

a)

Sauropods

b)

Velociraptor

c)

Iguanodon

d)

Uthraptor

12.

What color was the Tyrannosaurus rex?

a)

Green

b)

Brown

c)

Red

d)

No-one knows

13.

What does 'triceratops' mean?

a)

Angry lizard

b)

Three-horned face

c)

Triple-prongo rhino-head

d)

Salad nibbler

14.

True or false: a Pterodactyl is a dinosaur

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Why is a Brontosaurus not really a dinosaur?

a)

It was a dog in disguise

b)

Someone used the bones of an Apatosaurus and pretended they'd found discovered a new kind of dinosaur

c)

It was just a big lizard

d)

It arrived after the dinosaurs were extinct

16.

Which of the following ate meat?

a)

Spinosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Apatosaurus

17.

What does the word dinosaur mean?

a)

Friendly crocodile

b)

Sweet monster

c)

Scary reptile

d)

Terrible lizard

18.

What height could a Brachiosaurus reach?

a)

Top of a bus shelter

b)

Four double decker bus

c)

A double decker bus

d)

A tall man

19.

How big was the average Tyrannosaurus rex tooth?

a)

A size of a sword

b)

A human hand

c)

A baked bean

d)

A dustbin

20.

What is the name of someone who studies dinosaurs? 

a)

Dinotologist

b)

Paleontologist

c)

Nerd

d)

Sociologist

21.

Who discovered the first dinosaur fossil in England in 1822?

a)

Mary Anne Mantell

b)

John Hammond

c)

Alan Grant

d)

Ian Malcolm

22.

What did the majority of dinosaurs eat?

a)

Meat

b)

Plants

c)

Crisps

d)

Sweets

23.

Which dinosaur was the size of a chicken?

a)

Nuggetosaurus

b)

Compsognathus

c)

Aardonyx

d)

Hesperosaurus

24.

How many teeth did T. Rex have?

a)

47

b)

75

c)

60

25.

True or false: birds evolved from dinosaurs

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The Diplodocus lived in which period? 

a)

Cretaceous

b)

Jurassic

c)

Triassic

d)

No one knows - not even scientists with a keen interest with dinosaurs!

27.

Which Toronto basketball team has a dinosaur claw on their club badge?

a)

Stegosauruses

b)

Raptors

c)

Polocanthus

d)

Hoops

28.

What dinosaur-themed book was turned into a film in 1993?

a)

Look, There's a Big Dinosaur Crushing my house by Benjamin Myers

b)

Dinosaur World by Jeff Goldblum

c)

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

d)

Dinosaurs everywhere by Zoe Sugg

29.

What kind of habitat did the dinosaurs live?

a)

Streams

b)

Forest

c)

Oceans

30.

What is the most common type of dinosaur?

a)

Brachiosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

31.

How much did a Triceratops weigh?

a)

6-10 tons

b)

11-15 tons

c)

16-20 tons

d)

21-25 tons

32.

What type of dinosaur is the Velociraptor?

a)

Sauropod

b)

Theropod

c)

Stegosaurid

d)

Hadrosaurid

33.

What was the approximate size of a Stegosaurus?

a)

25-30 ft long

b)

30-35 ft long

c)

35-40 ft long

d)

40-45 ft long

34.

What was the approximate size of a Brachiosaurus?

a)

25-30 ft long

b)

30-35 ft long

c)

35-40 ft long

d)

40-45 ft long

35.

What type of dinosaur is the Diplodocus?

a)

Sauropod

b)

Theropod

c)

Stegosaurid

d)

Hadrosaurid