Dinosaurs

Question 1

Dinosaurs lived during three major periods: Triassic, Jurassic and ________.

Answer 1

Cretaceous

Question 2

Dinosaurs went extinct about ___ million years ago.

Answer 2

66

Question 3

The dominant meat-eating dinosaurs, like T. rex and Velociraptor, belonged to which group?

Answer 3

Theropods

Question 4

Long-necked giant plant eaters like Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus were called ________.

Answer 4

Sauropods

Question 5

True or false: Some dinosaurs had feathers.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Triceratops and Stegosaurus belonged to which main dinosaur branch?

Answer 6

Ornithischians (bird-hipped dinosaurs)

Question 7

The only direct descendants of dinosaurs are __________. All living birds, from ostriches to sparrows, are a type of dinosaur that survived the mass extinction event 66 million years ago.

Other animals like crocodiles, lizards, and snakes are their close relatives, but not direct descendants

Answer 7

Birds

Question 8

The asteroid that caused extinction hit near which present-day country?

Answer 8

Mexico (Yucatán)

Question 9

Dinosaurs ruled Earth for about ______ million years.

Answer 9

165

Question 10

Dinosaurs are split into two main hip-structure groups: Saurischians and ________________.

Answer 10

Ornithischians