Flashcards › Science › Paleontology

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life

Famous dinosaurs, eras and fossil words.

66 cardsGrades K–2, Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8#dinosaurs#fossils#paleontology

0 of 66 known
66 cards
  • Tyrannosaurus rexDinosaur / term
    A huge meat-eating dinosaur with a powerful bite and tiny arms
  • TriceratopsDinosaur / term
    A plant eater with three horns and a bony frill
  • StegosaurusDinosaur / term
    A plant eater with back plates and a spiked tail
  • VelociraptorDinosaur / term
    A small feathered meat eater about the size of a turkey
  • BrachiosaurusDinosaur / term
    A tall, long-necked plant eater
  • DiplodocusDinosaur / term
    A very long plant eater with a whip-like tail
  • ApatosaurusDinosaur / term
    A huge long-necked plant eater, once called Brontosaurus
  • AnkylosaurusDinosaur / term
    An armored plant eater with a club tail
  • SpinosaurusDinosaur / term
    A large meat eater with a sail on its back that lived near water
  • AllosaurusDinosaur / term
    A large meat eater from the Jurassic
  • GiganotosaurusDinosaur / term
    A giant meat eater from South America
  • ParasaurolophusDinosaur / term
    A duck-billed dinosaur with a long hollow crest
  • IguanodonDinosaur / term
    A plant eater with thumb spikes
  • PachycephalosaurusDinosaur / term
    A dinosaur with a thick domed skull
  • CompsognathusDinosaur / term
    A tiny chicken-sized meat eater
  • ArgentinosaurusDinosaur / term
    One of the largest known land animals, a titanosaur
  • ArchaeopteryxDinosaur / term
    An early feathered animal linking dinosaurs and birds
  • MicroraptorDinosaur / term
    A small four-winged feathered dinosaur
  • OviraptorDinosaur / term
    A feathered dinosaur whose name means egg thief, though it was probably a good parent
  • MaiasauraDinosaur / term
    A duck-billed dinosaur whose name means good mother lizard
  • GallimimusDinosaur / term
    A fast, ostrich-like dinosaur
  • UtahraptorDinosaur / term
    A big raptor from Utah
  • DilophosaurusDinosaur / term
    An early meat eater with two crests
  • CarnotaurusDinosaur / term
    A meat eater with horns over its eyes
  • ProtoceratopsDinosaur / term
    A small horned dinosaur that lived in Mongolia
  • PteranodonDinosaur / term
    A flying reptile (pterosaur) that was not a dinosaur
  • QuetzalcoatlusDinosaur / term
    A giant pterosaur with a huge wingspan
  • MosasaurusDinosaur / term
    A giant sea reptile, not a dinosaur
  • PlesiosaurDinosaur / term
    A long-necked sea reptile, not a dinosaur
  • IchthyosaurDinosaur / term
    A dolphin-shaped sea reptile
  • DimetrodonDinosaur / term
    A sail-backed animal older than dinosaurs, not a dinosaur
  • Woolly mammothDinosaur / term
    An ice age elephant relative with long tusks
  • Saber-toothed catDinosaur / term
    An ice age cat with long upper teeth
  • MegalodonDinosaur / term
    A huge extinct shark
  • TrilobiteDinosaur / term
    An ancient sea arthropod found as fossils
  • Mesozoic EraDinosaur / term
    The age of dinosaurs, about 252 to 66 million years ago
  • Triassic PeriodDinosaur / term
    First part of the Mesozoic; the first dinosaurs appear
  • Jurassic PeriodDinosaur / term
    Middle part of the Mesozoic; long-necked giants and early birds
  • Cretaceous PeriodDinosaur / term
    Last part of the Mesozoic; T. rex and Triceratops lived
  • How long ago did non-bird dinosaurs die out?Dinosaur / term
    About 66 million years ago
  • What likely caused the dinosaur extinction?Dinosaur / term
    A giant asteroid hit Earth
  • Where did the asteroid land?Dinosaur / term
    Near the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico (Chicxulub)
  • Do dinosaurs still live today?Dinosaur / term
    Yes, as birds
  • FossilDinosaur / term
    The preserved remains or traces of ancient life
  • PaleontologistDinosaur / term
    A scientist who studies fossils
  • Trace fossilDinosaur / term
    Evidence like footprints or burrows
  • CoproliteDinosaur / term
    Fossilized dung
  • AmberDinosaur / term
    Fossilized tree resin that can trap insects
  • Mold fossilDinosaur / term
    An imprint left in rock
  • Petrified woodDinosaur / term
    Wood turned to stone by minerals
  • HerbivoreDinosaur / term
    Plant eater
  • CarnivoreDinosaur / term
    Meat eater
  • OmnivoreDinosaur / term
    Eats both plants and meat
  • SauropodDinosaur / term
    A giant long-necked, four-legged plant eater
  • TheropodDinosaur / term
    A two-legged mostly meat-eating dinosaur
  • OrnithopodDinosaur / term
    A plant-eating dinosaur like duck-billed hadrosaurs
  • CeratopsianDinosaur / term
    A horned, frilled dinosaur like Triceratops
  • Dinosaur meansDinosaur / term
    Terrible lizard
  • Who coined the word dinosaur in 1842?Dinosaur / term
    Richard Owen
  • Mary AnningDinosaur / term
    A fossil collector who found early marine reptile skeletons in England
  • Dinosaur National MonumentDinosaur / term
    A park in Utah and Colorado with fossil bones
  • SueDinosaur / term
    A famous T. rex skeleton at the Field Museum in Chicago
  • Longest dinosaursDinosaur / term
    Some sauropods grew over 30 meters long
  • Egg-layingDinosaur / term
    Dinosaurs laid eggs in nests
  • FeathersDinosaur / term
    Many dinosaurs, especially raptors, had feathers
  • PangaeaDinosaur / term
    The supercontinent where early dinosaurs lived

Download this deck

Want paper cards? Paste the plain-text download into the flashcard maker.