Unit 3 - Dinosaurs

Question 1

Baron George Cuvier was influential because -

Accepted Answer

his concept of extinction was given serious thought

Question 2

The diagnostic features of the Theropoda are -

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carnivorous teeth, thin, hollow bones

Question 3

Below is an image of the specimen dubbed "______________," the first scientific name given to a dinosaur.

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Scrotum humanum

Question 4

The image below is a _________________, a characteristic feature of _______________, or duck-billed dinosaurs

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dental battery; hadrosaurs

Question 5

Archaeopteryx is significant because -

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it was proof that birds lived with the dinosaurs, it was the first bird

Question 6

The skull below is of a -

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Pachycephalosaur

Question 7

Dinosaurs are unique from all other reptiles in having these three key features -

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3 or more sacral vertebrae, hands with 3 main fingers, perforate acetabulae

Question 8

Why do we know so much about duck-billed dinosaurs?

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We have found their nests, tracks, and remains of all ages

Question 9

Deinonychus -

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fueled what is now known as the "dinosaur renaissance", is a velociraptor

Question 10

Most paleontologists believe -

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birds are theropod dinosaurs

Question 11

Oviraptors gathered food by stealing Protoceratops eggs

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False

Question 12

How tall is _____________, the tallest dinosaur?

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Sauroposeidon; 56 feet

Question 13

Tyrannosaurus ran at speeds averaging 25 mph

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False

Question 14

The earliest dinosaurs of each major group were generally -

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Small

Question 15

What does this image reveal about T. rex?

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It had an acute sense of smell

Question 16

The fastest dinosaurs were -

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All of these

Question 17

Trace fossils -

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include tracks, eggs, skin impressions, and stomach stones, are the primary means by which we learn about dinosaur biology, include coprolites

Question 18

How did T. rex feed?

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By consuming members of their own species

Question 19

Diplodocids = the longest dinosaurs

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True

Question 20

In 1842, Sir Richard Owen categorized the giant fossil animals of Europe into "Dinosauria," meaning -

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"Fearfully great reptiles"

Question 21

A major group of ornithischians was Thyreophora, characterized by -

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armor or "osteoderms" like on the backs of alligators

Question 22

Sauropods do not have a dwarf form

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False

Question 23

How might pachycephalosaurs use their thickened cranium in aggressive encounters?

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Both of these

Question 24

Dinosaurs are found in Florida

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False

Question 25

Encephalization quotient =

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a measure of brain size relative to body moss

Question 26

The "Age of Dinosaurs" -

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238 million years ago, Mesozoic Era

Question 27

Therizinosaurs -

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"Dino-scissor hands", Were probably the only herbivorous theropods

Question 28

Troodon was the -

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Smartest dinosaur

Question 29

T. rex lived until about ____ years old

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30

Question 30

Brontosaurs were the tallest and perhaps heaviest dinosaurs

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False

Question 31

Dinosaurs went extinct -

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65.54 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period

Question 32

Over-splitting =

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naming more species than really exist

Question 33

Dinosaurs grew at an equal rate with living reptiles

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False

Question 34

The distinguishing feature of the true Sauropods was -

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nostrils on top of their heads

Question 35

When dinosaurs came into existence -

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There was less ground cover than there is today

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Unit 3 - Dinosaurs

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