Q1) Dinosaurs and birds evolved from a common ancestor. True or False?


Q2) Non-avian dinosaurs suddenly became extinct approximately 65 million years ago. Non-avian means?

Q3) At the peak of the dinosaur era, there were no polar ice caps, and sea levels are estimated to have been as high as __?__ feet (meters) than they are today.

Q4) On average during the dinosaur era, atmospheric temperatures were warmer; the poles were __?__ farenheit/celsius.

Q5) During the dinosaur era the carbon dioxide levels were up to 12 times higher than today's levels, and oxygen formed 32 to 35% of the atmosphere, as compared to 21% today. True or False?

Q6) The asteroid collision theory, which was first proposed by Walter Alvarez in the late 1970s, links the Cretaceous extinction event approximately __?__ million years ago.

Q7) Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur to be formally described/documented, in 1677, when part of a bone was recovered from a limestone quarry at __?__, England.

Q8) The second dinosaur genus to be identified, Iguanodon, was discovered in 1822 by the English geologist __?__.

Q9) In 1858, the first known American dinosaur was discovered, in marl pits in the small town of Haddonfield, New Jersey, which forever changed our view of natural history. Name the dinosaur that was discovered?

Q10) The first Antarctic dinosaur to be discovered, the __?__, was found on Ross Island in 1986.