Dinossaurs Flashcards
A dinosaur’s gizzard served what purpose?
grinding food
The most unusual thing about Elasmosaurus was what overgrown body part?
its neck
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made a giant crater off the coast of what part of the world?
Mexico
A Struthiomimus is similar to what modern day animal?
an ostrich
Where did pioneering British paleontologist Mary Anning hunt for fossils?
by the ocean/sea
Plate tectonics is the science that explains the movement of what?
the continents
Each of a Tyrannosaurus’s teeth was about the size of what yellow tropical fruit?
banana
What would a dinosaur leave behind that might fossilize as coprolites?
dung
Scientists now think most or even all dinosaurs were covered in what?
feathers
What name was given to the most famous Australopithecus fossil of all time?
Lucy
The Triassic, Jurassic , and Cretaceous periods make up which geological era?
Mesozoic
What does the word “dinosaur” mean in Greek?
Terrible lizard
THE FLINTSTONES: Fred first met this purple creature while on a hunting trip & took him home as a pet
Dino
“WORLD” OF ENTERTAINMENT: What could go wrong at a park with genetically engineered hybrid dinosaurs? Everything, says this 2015 film
Jurrasic World
PRETTY COLORS: From 1992 to 2000 David Joyner was the man inside this purple dinosaur suit
Barney
DINO: The name of dinosaurs known as ornithopods tells us they had feet shaped like those of these creatures
birds
DINO: Archaeological evidence suggests this 3-horned dinosaur may have been the last to survive before extinction
Triceratops
DINO: “Sue”, the skeleton of this creature, is an attraction at Chicago’s Field Museum
Tyrannosaurus Rex
DINO: NBA fans in this city cheer on a team represented by a speedy dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period
Toronto
DINOSAURS: Brachiosaurus had a long neck & longer front than hind legs, so it’s most often compared to this African animal
giraffe
