Test about dinosaurs

1. On which continents did Allosaurus occur?

1. In Australia and Asia
   
2. In North America and Europe
   
3. In North and South America
   

2. One of the largest predatory dinosaurs in Earth's history was:

1. Ichthyosaurus
   
2. Pteranodon
   
3. Tyrannosaurus
   

3. Velociraptor was...

1. A herbivore
   
2. A predator
   
3. an omnivore
   

4. Stegosaurus are characterised by:

1. Wings
   
2. Bony plates
   
3. sharp spines several metres long
   

5. In 1841 the English scientist Richard Owen found many bones of extinct animals, which he named 'Dinosauria'. What does this word mean in Greek?

1. Terrible lizards
   
2. Extinct lizards
   
3. Great lizards
   

6. This dinosaur's name in Latin is 'giant southern lizard'. Which dinosaur is being referred to

1. Brachiosaurus
   
2. Giganotosaurus
   
3. Diplodocus
   

7. The only weapon of this dinosaur was a bony mace at the end of its tail

1. Sinoceratops
   
2. Kentrosaurus
   
3. Ankylosaurus
   

8. How long ago did the dinosaurs become extinct?

1. 1.5 million years ago
   
2. 65 million years ago
   
3. 2 million years ago
   

9. The name 'Triceratops' came from the fact that this dinosaur:

1. It had three claws in each leg
   
2. It had three bone plates on its back
   
3. It had three horns
   

10. The modern ancestors of dinosaurs are:

1. Birds
   
2. Crocodiles
   
3. Snakes
   

Number of questions: 20
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