Well, you said you knew it all. Let's see how well you do on the Everhart Museum's Great Dinosaur Quiz.
1) Way back in 1903, Elmer Riggs announced that what was thought to be a Brontosaurus was actually an entirely different dinosaur! It wasn't until 1975, however, that it recieved its official name. What is it?
a) Diplodocus
b) Brachiosaurus
c) Apatosaurus
d) Argentinosaurus
2) A theory to explain why dinosaurs went extinct is:
a) a meteor hit the Earth and changed the climate.
b) the dinosaurs contracted a bone disease.
c) mammals ate many of the dinosaurs' eggs, reducing the population over time.
d) all of the above
3) Archaeopteryx is often considered the link between dinosaurs and birds because it has both bird-like and reptile-like features. Which of the following characteristics did it NOT have?
a) hollow bones
b) feathers
c) a bony tail
d) claws on its wings
4) It is currently thought that Tyrannosaurus rex could move
a) 5 to 10 miles per hour.
b) 15 to 25 miles per hour.
c) 30 to 40 miles per hour.
d) 60+ miles per hour.
5) What is Pennsylvania's State fossil?
a) a Megalodon tooth
b) a Dimetrodon
c) a trilobite
d) a fern
6) Dinosaurs are different from other reptiles because
a) they laid eggs.
b) they had scaly skin.
c) they had teeth.
d) their legs are jointed differently.
7) What extinct animal fossil has
not
been found in the La Brea tar pits?
a) Tyrannosaurus rex
b) Saber-tooth cat
c) ground sloth
d) mammoth
8) The smallest dinosaur ever found was a
a) Compsognathus longipes.
b) psittacosaur.
c) velociraptor.
d) Nqwebasaurus.
9) During the Carboniferous Period, there were many plants and swamps. What did they help form millions of years later in Pennsylvania?
a) slate
b) mountains
c) forests
d) coal
10) How many plates did Stegosaurus stenops have on its back?
a) 8
b) 17
c) 25
d) 60
