When did the oldest known dinosaur live?
A:
About 228 thousand years ago
B:
About 228 million years ago
C:
About 228 billion years ago
What is this fossil?
A:
A petrified sponge from the ocean floor
B:
Lava that erupted from an ancient volcano
C:
Prehistoric poop left by a dinosaur
When did the last dinosaur become extinct?
A:
25 million years ago
B:
65 million years ago
C:
They haven't all become extinct. Some dinosaurs are alive today.
What can you tell by looking at dinosaur tracks like these?
A:
The speed of the animal
B:
If it's a boy or girl
C:
How tall it was
Which of these animals did NOT live on Earth during the Age of Dinosaurs?
A:
Sharks
B:
Cockroaches
C:
Humans
What did Earth look like when the first dinosaurs were alive?
A
B
C
Where would be a good place for a paleontologist to search for dinosaur fossils?
A:
In sedimentary rock - rock made of layers of tiny pieces of rock
B:
In metamorphic rock - rock that has been heated and compressed, changing its composition
C:
In igneous rock - rock formed from cooling molten rock
What percentage of the American Museum of Natural History's dinosaur collection is on display to the public?
A:
Less than 5%
B:
About 50%
C:
More than 75%
How long do scientists think it took for the non-bird dinosaurs to become extinct?
A:
About 10 years
B:
About 1,000 years
C:
Nobody knows
By studying fossils, what we can know for sure about some extinct dinosaurs?
A:
They had striped, green skin
B:
They made loud noises when they fought each other
C:
They laid eggs