Dinosaurs
ScienceGrades 1–424 clues and answers
Eighteen famous dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles, plus the words paleontologists use: fossil, herbivore, Jurassic, Cretaceous and extinct. Each clue names the feature that makes the animal recognizable (three horns, a tail club, a sail), and the set notes that a Pteranodon was a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.
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| Clue | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A huge meat-eater with tiny arms | T. rex |
| 2 | A plant-eater with three horns and a frill | Triceratops |
| 3 | Had big plates along its back and a spiked tail | Stegosaurus |
| 4 | A giant long-necked plant-eater with long front legs | Brachiosaurus |
| 5 | A fast, feathered hunter about the size of a turkey | Velociraptor |
| 6 | An armored plant-eater with a club on its tail | Ankylosaurus |
| 7 | Had a tall sail on its back and caught fish | Spinosaurus |
| 8 | Had a long tube-shaped crest on its head | Parasaurolophus |
| 9 | Very long neck and a whip-like tail | Diplodocus |
| 10 | Had a very thick, dome-shaped skull | Pachycephalosaurus |
| 11 | Had a spike on each thumb | Iguanodon |
| 12 | A big meat-eater from the Jurassic period | Allosaurus |
| 13 | A flying reptile, not a dinosaur | Pteranodon |
| 14 | An early bird-like dinosaur with feathers | Archaeopteryx |
| 15 | A giant reptile that swam in the sea | Mosasaurus |
| 16 | Bones or footprints turned to stone | Fossil |
| 17 | A scientist who digs up and studies fossils | Paleontologist |
| 18 | A plant-eater | Herbivore |
| 19 | A meat-eater | Carnivore |
| 20 | The first period of the age of dinosaurs | Triassic |
| 21 | The middle period of the age of dinosaurs | Jurassic |
| 22 | The last period of the age of dinosaurs | Cretaceous |
| 23 | Died out completely | Extinct |
| 24 | A space rock that hit Earth about 66 million years ago | Asteroid |