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Middle round (ages 9–11): 🦕 Dinosaurs · 🌋 Planet Earth. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.

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The ten, for a host reading aloud

  1. 1.Birds today come from which group of dinosaurs?
    • A sauropods
    • B theropods
    • C ceratopsians
  2. 2.Near Grand Canyon Village, about how deep is the canyon from rim to river?
    • A about one mile
    • B about 100 feet
    • C about 10 miles
  3. 3.The duck-billed dinosaur Maiasaura has a name that means what?
    • A good mother lizard
    • B three-horned face
    • C fast thief lizard
  4. 4.What instrument records the shaking of an earthquake?
    • A a barometer
    • B a seismograph
    • C a thermometer
  5. 5.Which scientist made up the name for dinosaurs in 1842?
    • A Richard Owen
    • B Charles Darwin
    • C Earl Douglass
  6. 6.What did Iguanodon have on the end of each hand?
    • A a big thumb spike
    • B a sticky pad
    • C a long feather
  7. 7.What do most scientists think was the main cause of the dinosaurs dying out?
    • A mammals eating their eggs
    • B a giant flood
    • C an asteroid hitting Earth
  8. 8.Fossil footprints and fossil dinosaur poo are what kind of fossils?
    • A trace fossils
    • B living fossils
    • C body fossils
  9. 9.What body feature sets dinosaurs apart from other reptiles like lizards?
    • A legs straight under the body
    • B scaly skin
    • C laying eggs
  10. 10.Dinosaur National Monument is in two states. In which one can you see its dinosaur fossils?
    • A Wyoming
    • B Utah
    • C Colorado
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  1. B: theropods. Theropods walked on two legs, like T. rex and Velociraptor. Source: National Park Service
  2. A: about one mile. That is about 5,000 feet straight down from the South Rim. Source: National Park Service
  3. A: good mother lizard. Maiasaura nested in big groups, and parents may have cared for their babies. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  4. B: a seismograph. It draws a zig-zag line called a seismogram. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
  5. A: Richard Owen. He used three British fossils, including Iguanodon and Megalosaurus, to name the group. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  6. A: a big thumb spike. Scientists think it may have used the spike to defend itself. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  7. C: an asteroid hitting Earth. It happened about 66 million years ago, and birds were the only dinosaurs to survive. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  8. A: trace fossils. Body fossils are the actual remains, like bones, teeth and shells. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  9. A: legs straight under the body. Lizards and crocodiles have legs that sprawl out to the sides. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  10. B: Utah. Visitors can see and touch real fossils at the park's Wall of Bones. Source: National Park Service

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