Dinosaur and Fossil Facts Trivia

Question 1

The first known dinosaurs appeared during which period of history?

Accepted Answer

The Triassic Period

Question 2

During which era did the first dinosaur evolve into an avian, or bird-like, dinosaur?

Accepted Answer

The Mesozoic Era

Question 3

One main theory for the dinosaurs' extinction is that what hit Earth at the end of the Cretaceous Period?

Accepted Answer

A large asteroid

Question 4

Stegosauruses lived during which period, about 150 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

The Late Jurassic Period

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of dinosaur forensics mentioned in the book?

Accepted Answer

Eggs

Question 6

Paleontologists use biomechanics, which draws on physics and engineering, to figure out what about non-avian dinosaurs?

Accepted Answer

How they moved and functioned

Question 7

By studying fossil musculature attachment points and bone structure, scientists learn how extinct animals did what?

Accepted Answer

Moved

Question 8

What are most preserved dinosaur bone fossils actually made of, according to the book?

Accepted Answer

Rock and mineral deposits

Question 9

What do scientists call groups of preserved dinosaur tracks?

Accepted Answer

Trackways

Question 10

Before science understood them, what did people think dinosaur bones belonged to?

Accepted Answer

Giants or other huge monsters

Question 11

Besides an asteroid, which natural cause may have contributed to the dinosaurs' extinction?

Accepted Answer

Large-scale volcanic activity

Question 12

Paleontologists learned how some dinosaurs grew by comparing the heads of which dinosaur at different ages?

Accepted Answer

Protoceratops

Question 13

Dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown began working at the American Museum of Natural History in what year?

Accepted Answer

1897

Question 14

Pandas enjoy doing what when they pee?

Accepted Answer

Handstands

Dinosaur and Fossil Facts trivia