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Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Creatures

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a possible reason that dinosaurs became extinct?

a)

Volcano

b)

Rats Eating Eggs

c)

Meteorite

d)

All Of The Above

2.

What was a flying reptile that was not a dinosaur called?

(a)  

3.

What was the first dinosaur discovered?

a)

Tyrannosaurus

b)

Iguanodon

c)

Eoraptor

d)

Styracosaurus

4.

Which of the following lived with the dinosaurs?

a)

Snakes

b)

Lizards

c)

Turtles

d)

Pterosaurs

5.

Why did the dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

Aliens

b)

Tar Pits

c)

Supernova

d)

?

6.

Did cave people live with dinosaurs?

a)

Possibly

b)

Yes

c)

No

d)

Most Likely

7.

What was not an actual fossil discovery?

a)

A T-rex Named Sue

b)

A Curled Up Compsognathus

c)

A Giganotosaurus With 427 teeth

d)

A feud between a Velociraptor and Protoceratops

8.

What animal does a Spinosaurus resemble the most?

a)

Rhinoceros

b)

Crocodile

c)

Tortoise

d)

Sloth

9.

Which dinosaur was most related to the Nothronychus?

a)

Dilophosaurus

b)

Carnotaurus

c)

Diplodocus

d)

Therizinosaurus

10.

Which is a famous paleontologist?

a)

Leo Dinobrain

b)

Barnum Brown

c)

George Washington

d)

Carol McNeil

11.

About how many dinosaur species are there so far?

a)

700

b)

3000

c)

900

d)

20

12.

Which is not a dinosaur?

a)

Corythosaurus

b)

Toucan

c)

Harkosaurus

d)

Mononykus

13.

What does fossil mean?

a)

Insects

b)

Rocks

c)

The imprint of tracks, bones, plants, or other things that lived long ago

d)

Remains of ancient animals and plants

14.

In which continent was Minmi found?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

15.

When did the dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

34 Million Years Ago

b)

Yesterday

c)

They Are Still Alive Today

d)

66 Million Years Ago

16.

What do we use do dig up dinosaur bones professionally?

a)

Dynamite

b)

Pickaxes

c)

Shovels

d)

Excavators

17.

What animals lived in the Ice Age?

a)

Smilodons (Saber Toothed Cats)

b)

Woolly Mammoths

c)

Dire Wolves

d)

Titanis (Terror Birds)

18.

What does Stegosaurus mean?

a)

Superman

b)

Roofed Lizard

c)

Mr. Steggy

d)

Plated Lizard

19.

What is not an Ice Age animal?

a)

Archelon

b)

Megalodon

c)

Mastodon

d)

Megaloceros

20.

Dinosaur means...

(a)  

21.

Ankylosaurus is most closely related to which dinosaur?

a)

Euoplocephalus

b)

Rajasaurus

c)

Carnotaurus

d)

Plateosaurus

22.

What are the 3 periods in the Mezozoic era?

(a)  

23.

The Era after the Mezozoic was called the...

a)

Mezozoic Era

b)

Cenozoic Era

c)

Cambrian

d)

Quaternary

24.

The Cryolophosaurus lived in which continent?

a)

North America

b)

Antarctica

c)

South America

d)

Asia

e)

Africa

25.

What does "mass extinction" mean?

a)

A hot dog

b)

A disaster that wipes out many species

c)

A dinosaur

d)

A mammoth

26.

What does Tyrannosaurus mean?

a)

Big Lizard King

b)

Tyrant Lizard King

c)

Ultimate Crocodile King

d)

Mega Lizard King

27.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Pachycephalosaurus has a skull several inches thick.

b)

Woolly Rhinos lived in the same time period as dinosaurs.

c)

Oviraptor was originally thought to have stolen eggs, but it was really just looking after its own.

d)

Lambeosaurus made noises with their head crests along with many other hadrosaurs.

e)

Mirigaia was discovered in Germany.

28.

Archelon was an ancient BLANK

(a)  

29.

Megalodon was a...

a)

Woolly Mammoth

b)

Very large shark

c)

Superhero

d)

Quadrepedal dinosaur

30.

Which dinosaur lived in the Jurassic period?

a)

Torosaurus

b)

Carnotaurus

c)

Velociraptor

d)

Dilophosaurus

31.

Which dinosaur had the longest neck?

a)

Triceratops

b)

Brachiosaurus

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Velociraptor

32.

What period did the Stegosaurus live in?

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cretaceous

d)

Permian

33.

Which dinosaur is known for having three horns on its face?

a)

Triceratops

b)

Allosaurus

c)

Spinosaurus

d)

Diplodocus

34.

Which dinosaur is known for its distinctive sail on its back?

a)

Spinosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Velociraptor

35.

Which period did the Tyrannosaurus Rex live in?

a)

Triassic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Cretaceous

d)

Permian

36.

Which dinosaur is known for having a clubbed tail?

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Ankylosaurus

d)

Allosaurus

37.

Which dinosaur is known for its duck-billed appearance?

a)

Hadrosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Spinosaurus

d)

Velociraptor

38.

Which Spinosaurus image is the most recent?

a)

b)

c)

d)

39.

What dinosaur is the largest carnivore?

(a)  

40.

Which dinosaur is believed to have been the fastest runner?

a)

Velociraptor

b)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

c)

Gallimimus

d)

Brachiosaurus

41.

Which dinosaur had a large, bony crest on its head?

a)

Parasaurolophus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Spinosaurus

42.

What prehistoric mammal was the largest land mammal of all time?

a)

Smilodon

b)

Paraceratherium

c)

Mammoth

d)

Amphicyon

43.

Which dinosaur is known for its long claws?

a)

Velociraptor

b)

Therizinosaurus

c)

Triceratops

d)

Stegosaurus

44.

Alxasaurus was a...

a)

Spinosaur

b)

Allosaur

c)

Hadrosaur

d)

Ceratopsian

e)

Therizinosaur

45.

Which Dinosaur Is This?

a)

Deinocheirus

b)

Spinosaurus

c)

Velociraptor

d)

Ankylosaurus

46.

prehistoric animals ________ animals that lived on earth 65 to 500 million years ago.

a)

are

b)

are not

c)

aren't

47.

Dinosaurs, sea creatures, flying reptiles and woolly mammoths ______ a few other types of prehistoric animals.

a)

are

b)

are not

c)

aren't

48.

Paleontologists ___________ discover the evolutionary history of life.

a)

help

b)

don't helps

c)

helps

49.

Paleontologists carefully __________ fossils out the rock.

a)

don't take

b)

take

c)

taken

50.

Paleontologists ________ the fossils to know how prehistoric animals looked like.

a)

don't studies

b)

studies

c)

study

51.

A woolly mammoth ___________ like an elephant

a)

looking

b)

looks

c)

look

52.

Dinosaurs ___________ today

a)

live

b)

do not

c)

do not live

53.

Trilobites ______________ anymore

a)

do not exists

b)

do not exist

c)

existed

54.

This is a Triassic food chain.

Plankton, Ammonite, Prehistoric Fish, Pterosaur,

What comes next?

a)

Plateosaurus

b)

Dimorphodon

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

T-Rex

55.

What is your favorite dinosaur? Why?

4 lines
56.

Draw a dinosaur that lives in the forest.

57.

What dinosaur is the best? (Answer with your OPINIONS please.)

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Velociraptor

c)

T Rex

d)

Triceratops

e)

Diplodocus

58.

The unique feature in a Dimetrodon is ......

a)

A sail

b)

A large tusk

c)

Horns

d)

Armour

59.

A di.......trodon has a sail on its b....k. It ate me...t so it was considered a car.......ore.

Please insert answers like this:

BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, BLANK.

Please add commas and a period.

(a)  

60.

What animal looked the most like this dinosaur?

a)

b)

c)

d)

61.

A flying reptile is called a....

a)

Pterosaur

b)

Mosasaur

c)

Dinosaur

d)

Archosaur

62.

What is a Daedon?

a)

A Snake

b)

A Lion

c)

A Pig

d)

A Rat

63.

What is the dinosaur that starts with P, ends in S, and has a hard dome head.

(a)  

64.

Which of these prehistoric creatures was not a dinosaur?

a)

Doedicurus

b)

Diplocaulus

c)

Seismosaurus

d)

Desmatosaurus

e)

Hesporornis

65.

What is a dinosaur that has 5 horns?

(a)  

66.

Which one of these can swim?

a)

Spinosaurus

b)

Albertonectes

c)

Corythosaurus

d)

Sinoceratops

e)

Oviraptor

67.

Which of these dinosaurs lived in the Creataceus Period?

a)

Ankylosaurus

b)

Eoraptor

c)

Stegosaurus

d)

Plateosaurus

68.

What are 3 possible reasons for the dinosaur's extinction?

4 lines
69.

What dinosaur is a theropod?

a)

Hadrosaurus

b)

Marshosaurus

c)

Jacksartosaurus

d)

Psittacosaurus

70.

Which one lives in the ocean?

a)

Archelon

b)

Bambiraptor

c)

Nothronychus

d)

Baryonyx

71.

What dinosaur could this be?

a)

Supersaurus

b)

Deinodon

c)

Oxalaia

d)

Hypacrosaurus

72.

Which dinosaur is not in the spinosaur family?

a)

Spinosaurus

b)

Oxalaia

c)

Suchomimus

d)

Dreadnaughtus

e)

Baryonyx

73.

What dinosaur would normally win in a fight?

a)

Megaraptor

b)

Lambeosaurus

74.

Put things that you would describe a stegosaurus as.

2 lines
75.

What dinosaur could this not be?

a)

Stegoceras

b)

Pachycephalosaurus

c)

Stygimoloch

d)

Headbuttoraptor

e)

Colecepale

76.

Iguanodon means...

a)

Iguana Tooth

b)

Iguana Dragon

c)

King of Iguanas

d)

Tooth Beast

77.

What dinosaur starts with A and has a club tail?

(a)  

78.

If you were to name a T-Rex, what name would fit it the best?

a)

Megachomp

b)

Slashclaw

c)

Whiplash

d)

Headbutt

79.

Which one is not related?

a)

Giganotosaurus

b)

T. Rex

c)

Daspletosaurus

d)

Guanlong

80.

What dinosaur is this?

a)

Carnotaurus

b)

Hypacrosaurus

c)

Ankylosaurus

d)

Seismosaurus

81.

What dinosaur is this?

a)

Thecodontosaurus

b)

Megalosaurus

c)

Dilong

d)

Plateosaurus

82.

Which dinosaur is known for its long neck and tail?

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Brachiosaurus

c)

Velociraptor

d)

Triceratops

83.

What does the name 'Velociraptor' mean?

a)

Swift Seizer

b)

Fierce Hunter

c)

Giant Lizard

d)

Winged Beast

84.

Which dinosaur is known for its large, bony plates along its back?

a)

Triceratops

b)

Stegosaurus

c)

Allosaurus

d)

Spinosaurus

85.

What is this?

a)

Fossilized scat

b)

A really cool rock

c)

A dinosaur tail bone

d)

A dinosaur pelvis

86.

How long is a brachiosaurus?

a)

As long as a skateboard

b)

As long as a surfboard

c)

As long as a school bus

d)

As long as 2 school buses

87.

What dinosaur is this?

a)

Camarasaurus

b)

Supersaurus

c)

Brontosaurus

d)

Diablaceratops

88.

Which dinosaur is known for its armored body and club-like tail?

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Ankylosaurus

c)

Allosaurus

d)

Diplodocus

89.

What dino is this?

a)

Kosmoceratops

b)

Diablaceratops

c)

Triceratops

d)

Styracosaurus

90.

What dinosaur is an oviraptorid?

a)

Gigantaraptor

b)

Dakotaraptor

c)

Megaraptor

d)

Utahraptor

91.

Which dinosaur is known for having a long neck and tail?

a)

Triceratops

b)

Brachiosaurus

c)

Velociraptor

d)

Stegosaurus

92.

What is the study of fossils called?

a)

Archaeology

b)

Geology

c)

Paleontology

d)

Biology

93.

Which dinosaur is known for its three horns on its face?

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Triceratops

c)

Allosaurus

d)

Diplodocus

94.

Which dinosaur is believed to have had the strongest bite force?

a)

Allosaurus

b)

Spinosaurus

c)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

d)

Velociraptor

95.

T-Rex can eat something that weighs as much as a cow in one bite. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

96.

What dinosaur is the longest?

a)

Supersaurus

b)

Seismosaurus

c)

Brachiosaurus

d)

Amphocoelus

97.

Dodos lived with the dinosaurs True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

98.

What dinosaur means, "roofed lizard"?

a)

Stegosaurus

b)

Ankylosaurus

c)

Super Cool Dude

d)

Plateosaurus

99.

What dinosaur had plates?

a)

Plateosaurus

b)

Stegosaurus

c)

Acrocanthosaurus

d)

Brachiosaurus

100.

What is a well known real world T. Rex?

a)

Sue

b)

Rexy

c)

Tom

d)

Barb