Quiz 112 Answers
1. The major component of fingernails, claws, hooves, and baleen is what?
a. Chiton
b. Ichor
c. Beta Carotine
d. Keratin
2. A dome-headed dinosaur is called what?
a.
Triceratops
b.
Velociraptor
c.
Pachycephalosaurus
d.
Brachiosaur
3.
Triceratops
was named by whom?
a. Bob Bakker
b. O.C. Marsh
c. Jack Horner
d. Mark B. Goodwin
4. How old was Alan Bennison when he discovered a dinosaur skeleton?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 17
d. 64
5. What type of dinosaur did Alan Bennison find?
a. Tyrannosaur
b. Hadrosaur
c. Pterosaur
d. Ankylosaur
6. Which one of these is not a dinosaur?
a. Plesiosaur
b. Diplodocus
c. Pachycephalosaur
d.
Velociraptor
7. Small fragments of fossils that collect on the surface from erosion, rain, and snow are called what?
a. Chunks
b. Shards
c. Splinters
d. Float
8. What household item is applied to fossils while they are being extracted to protect them?
a. Toilet paper
b. Laundry soap
c. Cotton balls
d. Scotch tape
9. The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous are the three divisions of what era of the earth?
a. Palaeozoic
b. Mesozoic
c. Tertiary
d. Mesolithic
10. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park?
a. Scott Turow
b. John Grisham
c. Michael Crichton
d. Stephen King
11.
Velociraptors
and
Deinonychus
are both what type of dinosaur?
a. Dromaeosaurs
b. Ankylosaurs
c. Pachycephalosaurs
d. Brachiosaurs
12. “Dinosaur Encounters” was started in what country?
a. The United States
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Canada
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