DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR OWN WORDS !
When did dinosaurs live on Earth? _______________________________________________________
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Which three eras belong to the Mesozoic period? ___________________________________________
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How did the Earth’s continents look like during that period? _________________________________
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Describe landscapes and vegetation during the Mesozoic era: ________________________________
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What kind of skin did most dinosaurs have?________________________________________________
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Some dinosaurs had hollow bones. Why? __________________________________________________
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How did dinosaurs have babies? _________________________________________________________
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What is the main difference between ornithischians and saurischians? _________________________
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Which dinosaur was among the heaviest? _________________________________________________
Why were other dinosaurs afraid of the Tyrannosaurus rex? __________________________________
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When did most dinosaurs become extinct? ________________________________________________
Which theories do scientists have? _______________________________________________________
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DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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TRUE OR FALSE
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The Age of Dinosaurs began 65 million years ago.
All dinosaurs were meat-eaters.
Dinosaurs belonged to the group of reptiles.
Pangaea was a large continent that broke into pieces.
Scientists think that some dinosaurs were colorful animals.
Some dinosaurs could walk on their two front legs.
Dinosaurs reached their full size after 7 or 8 years.
The Stegosaurus had plates on his back.
The T. rex was the largest dinosaur that ever lived.
The archaeopteryx was a dinosaur that lived in the sea.
Dinosaurs may have died out because of a change of climate.
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EXPLAIN IN ENGLISH
lizard _______________________________________________________________________________
hip__________________________________________________________________________________
fossil ________________________________________________________________________________
fierce _______________________________________________________________________________
cold-blooded _________________________________________________________________________
reptile ______________________________________________________________________________
conifer ______________________________________________________________________________
geologist_____________________________________________________________________________
DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE DEFINITIONS
A
cone
the lower part of the face
B
jaw
dry powder that is made up of dirt
C
creature
small green plant that grows in a thick mass on
rock or trees
D
moss
animals that are hunted and eaten by other
animals
E
prey
fruit of a tree
F
swamp
to come out of an egg
G
dust
wander around
H
hatch
land that is always covered with water
I
roam
something living
FILL IN THE CORRECT WORD
Dinosaurs were __________________that lived during the
__________________ages of the Earth’s history. Most of them were
large __________________that were very heavy. Dinosaurs had a
__________________skin; some of them had __________________to
protect themselves. Not all dinosaurs ate __________________;
some of them were plant eaters. There were two groups of
dinosaurs: those with _____________like a bird, called
__________________, and those that had hips like ______________,
called __________________. The __________________of all
dinosaurs was the Tyrannosaurus rex. He had strong _________legs
with which he could move very quickly. It is not clear why dinosaurs
became __________________so quickly. Some scientists think an
__________________ hit the Earth. The dust that was spread in the
__________________ blocked out sunlight for many years, so that
the dinosaurs had nothing to eat.
asteroid
atmosphere
back
creatures
extinct
fiercest
hips
lizards
meat
middle
ornithischians
plates
reptiles
Saurischians
scaly
DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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MATCH A PART OF EACH SECTION TO MAKE A FULL SENTENCE !
Dinosaurs were reptiles
the climate
but very strong back legs
Some dinosaurs
if dinosaurs
and its piece drifted away from each other
Dinosaurs that ate meat
that lived
to drive away enemies
200 million years ago
during the Middle Ages
was warm and wet
We don’t know
in climate
to tear their prey apart
Saurischians
had short front legs
that had hips like lizards
Dinosaurs lived
Pangaea broke apart
in almost all parts of the world
Scientists think that a drastic change
used their horns
were warm- or coldblooded animals
During the Mesozoic era
had powerful jaws
of the Earth’s history
The T. rex
were dinosaurs
killed the dinosaurs
DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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scientist who studies rocks and the way they
were formed
dinosaur that had plates to protect it
rock that shows the body or bones of an
animal that lived a long time ago
to come out of an egg
tree that has needles and brown fruits with
seeds in them; these trees keep their needles
during the winter
large continent that existed at the beginning
of the Age of Dinosaurs
land that is always covered with water
when the body temperature changes with the
air around an animal
cold-blooded animal that has four legs and a
long tail
3. small green plant that grows as thick fur on
rocks and trees
4. animals that are hunted and eaten by other
animals
5. largest of all dinosaurs
6. flying dinosaur
7. the lower part of the face
10. middle ages of the Earth's history
12. one of the two parts on each side of your
body between the top of the leg and your
waist
DINOSAURS - EXERCISES
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DO SOME INTERNET RESEARCH! FIND OUT FACTS ABOUT THE DINOSAURS
BELOW AND WRITE THEM INTO THE BOX.
Iguanodon
Brontosaurus
Velociraptor
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus rex