Dinosaurs

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A long time ago the world looked different. Many of the plants and animals were different from the ones we know today.

There were many kinds of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs came in all sizes. Some were small and some were very, very big. Some ate plants and others were meat eaters. The Compsognathus was a very small dinosaur. The Compsognathus was as small as a chicken. The Ultrasaurus was a very large dinosaur. It probably could have reached up and peaked into a 5 story building. It weighed eighty tons. All that is left today from the dinosaurs are their skeletons. After a dinosaur died it became a skeleton. It was covered with dirt and mud.

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Archaeologists nd dinosaur skeletons. They dig them out of the ground and put them together with wires.
Look up the denitions of the words below, and write them on the lines.

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Many footprints of dinosaurs have been found. They are called fossils. A fossil is an imprint of a plant or animal from a long time ago. Fossils were buried in mud and dirt for many years. Archaeologists have found many dinosaur fossils. Fossils tell us about how the dinosaurs lived.

Fit each of the words below into a word shape puzzle. archaeologist skeleton fossil imprint dinosaur footprint

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Many museums have dinosaur skeletons on display. The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois has permanent exhibits of dinosaur skeletons. They include Brachiosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and many other skeletons. They have and a walkthrough time machine for visitors to experience a journey through prehistoric time. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC has many real fossils. Viisitors can see fossil workers working with actual bones.

Museums With Dinosaur Skeletons Or Other Fossils

Find names of some museums in the world that have skeletons or other fossils of dinosaurs. Write some of their names on the lines below. You can look in books or on the Internet for this information.

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Write a little about one of the museums.

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Questions and Answers
We all have many questions about dinosaurs as we study them. Below are some intersting facts about dinosaurs. You may want to learn more about each fact by reading about them in books or on the Internet.
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How many kinds of dinosaurs have been found? Over 500 genera of dinosaur have been found and named. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What color were the dinosaurs? We do not know what color they were. What does the word dinosaur mean? The word dinosaur means fearfully great lizard. What did the dinosaurs eat? Most dinosaurs were herbivores. Some of them were carnivores. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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More Questions and Answers
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When did the dinosaurs go extinct? The dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years age. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ How did the dinosaurs go extinct? It is believed that it might have been because of an asteroid that hit the Earth. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Were there dinosaurs that coud y? Most likely there were no dinosaurs that could y. What was the largest dinosaur? The largest dinosaurs were the sauropods. Were any dinosaurs like sh or dolphins living only in the water? No dinosaurs lived only in the water. Some of them may have gone into the water to catch food.

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Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Tyrannosaurus Rex (ty-ran-ah-sor-us) is called the tyrant or terrible lizard. It was as tall as a two story house. The Tyrannosaurus Rex had two arms and walked on its two, powerful back legs. Each big foot had three long toes with claws. Its arms were too short and too weak to help it eat. It snapped food with its mouth. It was a carnivore. It had a long tail that was stiff and pointed. Its tail helped it to balance. Its bones were hollow. Its jaws were as much as four feet long. Some of its teeth were over nine inches long. Its skin was similar to the skin of an alligator, scaly, bumpy and rough.

The King of Dinosaurs

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Apatosaurus
The Apatosaurus was one of largest land animals that ever lived. The dinosaur was previously known as the Brontaurus. The Apatosaurus was as big as two large classrooms. It had a very long neck and a long, whip like tail. Its average length was about 70 - 90 feet long. The teeth of the Apatosaurus were long and thin. It is believed the dinosaur was a plant eater. Its front legs were smaller than its back legs. Its nostrils were on top of its head.

The Deceptive Lizard

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Stegosaurus
The front legs of the Stegosaurus were short and the back legs were long. The body of this dinosaur was very large, heavy, and bulky. The Stegosaurus had two rows of pointed, bony plates. They would stick out from its tail and back. It is not sure of what use the bony plates were to the dinosaur. Some scientists believe they were used to protect themselves from other dinosaurs and predators. Others think they were also used to regulate how cool or warm the dinosaur wanted to be. The Stegosaurus could grow as long as 25 feet to 30 feet long. It was an herbivore It ate ferns and many other kinds of plants.

The Roof Lizard

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Triceratops
The legs of the Triceratops were short and strong. It was probably slow moving. It had a parrot-shaped beak. It used its beak to eat plants. The Triceratops had the biggest head of all the dinosaurs. The triceratops had three horns on its head. One was short by its nose. Two of them were longer above its eyes. It had a large, bony plate that projected from the back of its skull. This is called a frill. They were about forty feet long. Their tail was short and pointed. They had hoof-like claws.

The Three-Horned Face

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Spelling
Print the word that is spelled correctly.

lizzard lizzerd lizard plantts plants plantes swampes swumps swamps footprint footprent foottprint taill taile tail spikkes spikes spikess

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Word Unscramble
Unscramble each word. Print it on the line.

iosdnuar

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fislos

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klesetno

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sdgi

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tinstscei

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kesips

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WORD FIND Find and circle these words. They run down, across, and diagonally.

sizes fossils

plants imprints

meat tall

large fern

skeletons ugly

dig strong

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Criss Cross
Can you t these words into the criss cross? Use a pencil so you can erase if you need to. imprints large skeletons fossils strong tall ugly dig

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