MESOZOIC DUH

Question 1

what three periods make up the Mesozoic era?

Answer 1

Triassic period
Jurassic period
Cretaceous period

Question 2

when was the Triassic period?

Answer 2

250-200 million years ago

Question 3

when was the Jurassic period?

Answer 3

200-145 million years ago

Question 4

when was the Cretaceous period?

Answer 4

145-65 million years ago

Question 5

what was the super continent called?

Answer 5

Pangaea

Question 6

what animals mainly made up the Triassic period?

Answer 6

• first dinosaurs, marine reptiles, lizards
• mammals existed but not significant
• lots of crocodiles

Question 7

what was the climate like during the Triassic period?

Answer 7

warm with a dry continental interior and no evidence of ice at the poles

Question 8

what plants were alive during the Triassic period?

Answer 8

conifers
cycads
ferns

Question 9

what animals mainly made up the Jurassic period?

Answer 9

• large plant plant-eating dinosaurs
• smaller carnivorous dinosaurs
• flying reptiles and the first birds
• tiny mammals no bigger than rats.
• oceans had tiny plankton to huge, whale-sized marine reptiles

Question 10

what was the climate like during the Jurassic period?

Answer 10

warm tropical greenhouse conditions worldwide

Question 11

what plants were alive during the Jurassic period?

Answer 11

• conifers (most diverse large trees)
• cycads (so abundant, jurassic is sometimes called the “Age of Cycads”)

Question 12

what animals mainly made up the Cretaceous period?

Answer 12

• dinosaurs and marine reptiles
• diversified birds
• many new mammals
• insects appeared and began to diversify (ants, termites, bees, butterflies, aphids, grasshoppers)

Question 13

what was the climate like during the Cretaceous period?

Answer 13

mild global climate with ice-free poles

Question 14

what plants were alive during the Cretaceous period?

Answer 14

appearance & rapid diversification of the first flowering plants

Question 15

when was the Therizinosaurs alive? (<3)

Answer 15

late Cretaceous
(100-66 million years ago)

Question 16

when did the Carnetaurus live? (<3)

Answer 16

late Cretaceous
(72 million years ago)

Question 17

when did the Spinosaurus live? (<3)

Answer 17

late Cretaceous
(72 million years ago)

Question 18

what was the top predator of the Triassic period?

Answer 18

Saurosuchus

Question 19

what was the top predator of the Jurassic period?

Answer 19

Razana
(razanandrongobe sakalavae)

Question 20

what was the top predator of the Cretaceous period?

Answer 20

Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex)

Question 21

what happened before the Triassic period? (and the start of the Mesozoic era as a whole)

Answer 21

Permian–Triassic extinction event

Question 22

what percetage of the Earth did the Permian–Triassic extinction event kill?

Answer 22

90%

Question 23

what period did the Brachiosaurus live?

Answer 23

Jurassic

Question 24

what period did the Allosaurus live?

Answer 24

Jurassic

Question 25

what period did the Velociraptor live?

Answer 25

Cretaceous

Question 26

what period did the Rhoetosaurus live?

Answer 26

Jurassic

Question 27

who is fixated on dinosaurs since they were very young?

Answer 27

rebecca

Question 28

what dinosaur name means “fast thief” and lived during the Cretaceous period?

Answer 28

Velociraptor

Question 29

on which continent have the most dinosaur fossils been found?

Answer 29

NORTH AMERICA BABYYYYY

Question 30

what does the word "dinosaur" mean?

Answer 30

terrible lizard

Question 31

for an average T. Rex, how long were its arms?

Answer 31

3 ft long

Question 32

there was a dinosaur fossil that was originally thought to be the fossil of a bison. which dinosaur was it?

Answer 32

Triceratops

Question 33

what is the only dinosaur lineage to survive the extinction?

Answer 33

birds (this is why the chicken is the closest relative to the T. Rex that we know of woohoo!)

Question 34

how much meat could a T. Rex eat in a singular bite?

Answer 34

500 mf pounds

Question 35

what dinosaur name means "covered lizard"?

Answer 35

Stegosaurus

Question 36

what is the most complete T. Rex fossil named?

Answer 36

Sue

Question 37

what was the first carnivorous dinosaur to be discovered in Antarctica?

Answer 37

Cryolophosaurus

Question 38

how many teeth did a triceratops have?

Answer 38

800!!

Question 39

what do some paleontologists believe Brachiosaurus' had?

Answer 39

trunks (like elephants)

Question 40

what are the spikes on the end of a dinosaur’s tail called?

Answer 40

thagomizers

Question 41

what was the wingspan of the smallest (known) pterodactyl?

Answer 41

10ft

Question 42

when the first Megalosaurus fossil was discovered, what was it mistaken for?

Answer 42

a giant human

Question 43

who discovered the first fossilized dinosaur eggs?

Answer 43

Jean-Jacques Poech

Question 44

in what country were dinosaur fossils thought to be dragon bones?

Answer 44

China

Question 45

wow many wings did a microraptor have?

Answer 45

four

Question 46

what dinosaur had the smallest brain for its body size?

Answer 46

Stegosaurus

Question 47

have there been any dinosaur fossils found in Ohio?

Answer 47

no.

Question 48

what was the lifespan of a T. Rex?

Answer 48

20-30 years

Question 49

what was the first non-carnivorous theropod fossil to be discovered?

Answer 49

THERIZINOSAURUS ONE OF MY FAVSSSS

Question 50

what was the first dinosaur to be discovered?

Answer 50

Megalosaurus

Question 51

the meteor that struck earth fell in what modern-day country?

Answer 51

Mexico

Question 52

which dinosaur had fifteen horns?

Answer 52

Kosmoceratops (like fairy odd parents)

Question 53

what was the first mounted dinosaur skeleton?

Answer 53

Hadrosaurus

Question 54

what dinosaur is believed to have weighed up to 110 tons?

Answer 54

Argentinosaurus

Question 55

how are the two groups of dinosaurs differentiated?

Answer 55

hip bones (Ornithischia; bird-hipped, Saurischia; lizard-hipped)

Question 56

what does the name Dilophosaurus mean?

Answer 56

two-crested lizard

Question 57

what dinosaur genus was originally named from a single feather?

Answer 57

Archaeopteryx

Question 58

in Jurassic Park, what dinosaur was the Velociraptor mostly based on>

Answer 58

Deinonychus

Question 59

was the Therizinosaurus a carnivore or herbivore?

Answer 59

herbivore<3

Question 60

what weighed more, a fully grown Spinosaurus or Deinonychus?

Answer 60

Spinosaurus<3

Question 61

what continents have dinosaur fossils been found on?

Answer 61

ALL

Question 62

what were the largest type of dinosaur?

Answer 62

Sauropods

Question 63

what dinosaur had the strongest bite of any animal ever?

Answer 63

T. Rex

Question 64

what was the tallest dinosaur?

Answer 64

Sauroposeidon (about 23ft tall at SHOULDER)

Question 65

what was the last known living dinosaur?

Answer 65

Triceratops

Question 66

what dinosaur had the shortest name?

Answer 66

Minmi

Question 67

what does the name 'Tyrannosaurus Rex' mean?

Answer 67

King of the Tyrant Lizards

Question 68

what dinosaurs had the smallest skulls?

Answer 68

Torosaurus

Question 69

what were dinosaurs called when they could run on two legs?

Answer 69

bipeds

Question 70

TRUE OR FALSE - all dinosaurs laid eggs

Answer 70

true

Question 71

what was the biggest prehistoric fish?

Answer 71

megalodon WOOOOO