1. Dinosaurs
Alli Whitmore

2. Dinosaurs Grade Level -Second Content Area Covers-. What dinosaurs are
Dinosaurs Grade Level -Second Content Area Covers- *What dinosaurs are *What a Paleontologist is *The difference between a few Dinosaurs *Why they went extinct Academic Content Standers- Explain why organisms can survive only in environments that meet their needs Participation-They will participate by watching the video clips, playing the matching game, participating in the real or make believe game

3. T-Rex Extinct Game Time Triceratops Question! Make believe or real?
Stegosaurus
Worksheet
Triceratops
Apatosaurus
Birds vs. Dinosaurs
Paleontologist

5. What are Dinosaurs?
Hint: The word dinosaur means terrible lizard

6. What are they?
Dinosaurs were living millions of years ago, long before there were any people! Dinosaurs were one of several kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era
Mesozoic Era= "Age of Reptiles.

7. Lets see some Dinosaurs!
Lets see some Dinosaurs!

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9. If you took a field trip to the zoo what kinds of animals would be there?
Would the zoo more fun if it had all kinds of different animals or only one type, like all monkeys?
What if there were only tigers in the zoo, would it be as exciting as having many animals?

10. Well in the time of the Dinosaurs, it was the same as a fun zoo, many animals lived on the earth! There were many dinosaurs– but they were all different kinds with different shapes and even sizes

11. T-Rex
Tyrannosaurus’ comes from the Greek words meaning ‘tyrant lizard’, while the word ‘rex’ means ‘king’ in Latin.
Tyrannosaurus rex is often called T-Rex.
They are Carnivores
Tyrannosaurus rex lived in an area of the Earth that now makes up western North America.
Tyrannosaurus rex walked on two legs, balancing its huge head with a long and heavy tail
Tyrannosaurus rex could weigh up to 7 tons!
They were the largest Dinosaurs of their time

12. The Stegosaurus is the most famous dinosaur from a group of dinosaurs known as Stegosauria.
They were all herbivores
The name ‘Stegosaurus’ comes from the Greek words ‘stegos’ meaning roof and ‘sauros’ meaning lizard.
The Stegosaurus was alive in the late Jurassic Period (around 150 million years ago)
Stegosaurus fossils have been found in western North America
The Stegosaurus was large and heavily built.
Although the Stegosaurus body was large, the size of their brain was only around the size of a dog’s.
Scientists say because they had short stubby legs they were most likely slow
The Stegosaurus had tail spikes and spikes along its back
Stegosaurs

13. The name ‘Triceratops’ comes from the Greek language, with ‘tri’ meaning three and ‘keratops’ meaning horned face
Triceratops lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago).
The Triceratops have a large body, unique frill and three horns
It needed its three horns to try and protect itself from the Tyrannosaurus Rex
Scientists think they weighed anywhere between 6 to 12 tons.
The skull of a Triceratops were very big!
The Triceratops was a Herbivore.. Which means what?
Triceratops had anywhere between 400 and 800 teeth
Triceratops

14. Herbivore means plant eater

15. Canivore means meat eater

16. Apatosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period (around 150 million years ago)
The Apatosaurus is one of the largest animals to have ever walked on Earth
They weigh over 23 tons
According to studies, it took an Apatosaurus only around 10 years to reach its full size.
Apatosaurus had long whip-like tails and very long necks
Apatosaurus were herbivores Which means what?
Their nickname is Long Neck
Apatosaurus

17. 1. How many horns did Triceratops have?
2. True or false? The name dinosaur means ‘terrible lizard’
3. A person who studies fossils and prehistoric life such as dinosaurs is known as a what?
4. True or false? Birds evolved from dinosaurs.
5. What is a Herbivore?
6. True or False? A Carnivore is a plant eater

18. Triceratops has THREE HORNS
TRUE- Dinosaur does mean terrible lizard
A person who studies the fossils is known as a PALENTOLOGIST
TRUE- birds did evolve from Dinosaurs
A Herbivore is a PLANT EATER
FALSE- Carnivores eat meat

19.
Scientists believe that Birds came from Dinosaurs---- Dinosaurs are like Birds Great great great great great grandparents!

21. A paleontologist is a person who studies FOSSILS!
What is a Paleontologist?
A paleontologist is a person who studies FOSSILS!

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24. Why Did they go extinct?
Noone knows for sure why the Dinosaurs went extinct, but some people believe that either:
Ash and gas spewing from volcanoes suffocated many of the dinosaurs Diseases wiped out entire populations of dinosaurs
A meteorite crashed into Earth, changing the climatic conditions so the dinosaurs could not survive
Food chain imbalances lead to the starvation of the dinosaurs

25. Extinct- means no longer existing or living
Gone, dead, wiped out, no more