Nature & animals
The “Dinosaurs” quiz — Nature & animals. It has 25 questions in five categories: Anatomy & structure, History of discovery, Predators & defense, Feathers & birds, Famous fossils. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What stones did herbivorous dinosaurs swallow to grind tough plant food inside their gizzards?
What V-shaped bone formed by the fusion of two clavicles was present in theropods and survives in modern birds?
What term describes the…
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Which British anatomist, pictured here, coined the taxon name 'Dinosauria' in 1842 to unite these giant fossil reptiles?
What name is given to the fierce late-19th-century fossil-hunting rivalry between Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh?
Which predator, described by…
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In the gameWhich giant predator with a sail on its back and elongated jaws lived a semiaquatic life hunting large fish?
What heavy bony weapon at the end of its tail did the armored Ankylosaurus use to defend against predators?
What type of 3D…
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Discovered in 1861 in Bavaria, which fossil creature, pictured here, was the first famous transitional link between dinosaurs and birds?
An abnormal concentration of which rare metal in 66-million-year-old rocks proved the asteroid impact theory?
What microscopic pigment organelles…
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What female name was given to the most complete and famous Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, found in South Dakota in 1990?
With which horned herbivore is Velociraptor locked in combat in the famous fossil find from the Gobi Desert?
Which western US rock…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.