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A dinosaur’s gizzard served what purpose?

A

grinding food

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The most unusual thing about Elasmosaurus was what overgrown body part?

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its neck

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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made a giant crater off the coast of what part of the world?

A

Mexico

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A Struthiomimus is similar to what modern day animal?

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an ostrich

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Where did pioneering British paleontologist Mary Anning hunt for fossils?

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by the ocean/sea

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Plate tectonics is the science that explains the movement of what?

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the continents

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Each of a Tyrannosaurus’s teeth was about the size of what yellow tropical fruit?

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banana

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What would a dinosaur leave behind that might fossilize as coprolites?

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dung

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Scientists now think most or even all dinosaurs were covered in what?

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feathers

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What name was given to the most famous Australopithecus fossil of all time?

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Lucy

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The Triassic, Jurassic , and Cretaceous periods make up which geological era?

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Mesozoic

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What does the word “dinosaur” mean in Greek?

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Terrible lizard

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THE FLINTSTONES: Fred first met this purple creature while on a hunting trip & took him home as a pet

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Dino

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“WORLD” OF ENTERTAINMENT: What could go wrong at a park with genetically engineered hybrid dinosaurs? Everything, says this 2015 film

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Jurrasic World

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PRETTY COLORS: From 1992 to 2000 David Joyner was the man inside this purple dinosaur suit

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Barney

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DINO: The name of dinosaurs known as ornithopods tells us they had feet shaped like those of these creatures

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birds

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DINO: Archaeological evidence suggests this 3-horned dinosaur may have been the last to survive before extinction

A

Triceratops

18
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DINO: “Sue”, the skeleton of this creature, is an attraction at Chicago’s Field Museum

A

Tyrannosaurus Rex

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DINO: NBA fans in this city cheer on a team represented by a speedy dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period

A

Toronto

20
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DINOSAURS: Brachiosaurus had a long neck & longer front than hind legs, so it’s most often compared to this African animal

A

giraffe

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