Who Knows More About Dinosaurs?

Nice try, but you picked the wrong scientist! An anthropologist studies the development of humankind. Paleontologist is the right answer. Paleontologists study plant and animal fossils. Fossils are the only evidence we have today that dinosaurs ever existed.

You know your dino-facts! Paleontologist is the right answer. Paleontologists study plant and animal fossils. Fossils are the only evidence we have today that dinosaurs ever existed.

An anthropologist studies the development of humankind. A geologist studies the development of the Earth's crust.

Nice try, but you picked the wrong scientist! A geologist studies the development of the Earth's crust. Paleontologist is the right answer. Paleontologists study plant and animal fossils. Fossils are the only evidence we have today that dinosaurs ever existed.

Yum - you got it! Pine needles were actually found in the stomach of one dinosaur skeleton. Smaller plant-eating dinosaurs ate mostly shrubs. Taller dinosaurs fed on high branches and treetops. Dinosaurs couldn't have eaten grass and flowers because they didn't exist in the Mesozoic Era.

Nope. Dinosaurs couldn't have eaten grass or flowers because they didn't exist in the Mesozoic Era. Scientists know that dinosaurs ate pine needles. They actually found some in the stomach of one dinosaur skeleton. Smaller plant-eating dinosaurs ate mostly shrubs. Taller dinosaurs fed on high branches and treetops.

Dinosaurs couldn't have eaten flowers or grass because they didn't exist in the Mesozoic Era. Scientists know that dinosaurs ate pine needles. They actually found some in the stomach of one dinosaur skeleton. Smaller plant-eating dinosaurs ate mostly shrubs. Taller dinosaurs fed on high branches and treetops.

Nope. The small head and long neck of some dinosaurs look snake-like, but scientists think that the crocodile is a direct descendant of the dinosaurs. Crocodiles and dinosaurs have similar teeth and skull structures.

You got it! Scientists think that crocodiles are direct descendants of dinosaurs. Crocodiles and dinosaurs have similar teeth and skull structures.

Nope. Elephants are big like many dinosaurs, but scientists think that the crocodile is a direct descendant of the dinosaurs. Crocodiles and dinosaurs have similar teeth and skull structures.

Dino-mite! Scientists think an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. When this asteroid hit the Earth, it created a gigantic dust cloud. This cloud blocked out the sun for three years. Without sunlight plants couldn't grow, and herbivorous dinosaurs had nothing to eat. Once they died, the carnivorous dinosaurs -- that usually ate other dinosaurs -- had nothing to eat either!

Nope. Scientists think an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. When this asteroid hit the Earth, it created a gigantic dust cloud. This cloud blocked out the sun for three years. Without sunlight plants couldn't grow, and herbivorous dinosaurs had nothing to eat. Once they died, the carnivorous dinosaurs -- that usually ate other dinosaurs -- had nothing to eat either!

Nope. Scientists think an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. When this asteroid hit the Earth, it created a gigantic dust cloud. This cloud blocked out the sun for three years. Without sunlight plants couldn't grow, and herbivorous dinosaurs had nothing to eat. Once they died, the carnivorous dinosaurs -- that usually ate other dinosaurs -- had nothing to eat either!