FSU BSC 1005 Living with Dinosaurs Exam Guide
questions with verified answers
- *Brontosaurus*;
- *over-splitting*
(named Apatosaurus first so that's the name they kept) Ans✓✓✓
Apatosaurus were also named _______ because they thought they
were different.
This is called what ________ ?
- Sauroposeidon;
- 56 Ans✓✓✓ ________ was the tallest dinosaur at ______ ft and is
taller than Ruby Diamond
- they grew faster than reptiles
- appear to have grown like marsupials/mammals Ans✓✓✓ What were
the Growth rates of dinos?
-The world was warmer
-no ice at the poles
-like FL in middle latitudes Ans✓✓✓ What was the climate in the age
of the dinosaurs?
-volcanoes
,-lowering in sea levels
-asteroid hitting (gulf of mexico) Ans✓✓✓ What were the 3 theories of
dinosaur extinction?
*Amphicoelous*;
-went missing in a museum, some think it crumbled over the years &
was swept up by Janitors Ans✓✓✓ What was the LARGEST Dino ever
found?
- What happened to its remains?
*Bakker* took the idea of the Deinonychus and ran with it (Claimed all
Dinosaurs were physically like birds);
- interest in dinosaur research soared Ans✓✓✓ What started the
dinosaur renaissance?
*Ornithischians* - "bird hips"
*Saurischians* - "lizard hips" Ans✓✓✓ What are 2 Types of dinosaurs
*Ornithopoda Hadrosaurs* (duck bills) AND *Marginocephalia* (bone
heads & horned Dinos) Ans✓✓✓ What are the 2 subgroups of the
*Cerapoda*
*Trace fossils*: tracks, eggs, bite marks, coprolites(feces) Ans✓✓✓
What are the best fossils to use and are also the #1 indicator in the
field?
, 140ft (longer than Ruby Diamond) Ans✓✓✓ How long were
*Diplodocids*?
238 million years ago (Mesozoic Era) Ans✓✓✓ How long ago did
dinosaurs live?
3700 lbs;
by the deinosuchus crocodile Ans✓✓✓ The Biggest bite force of giant
crocodile was what?
40% to 80% Ans✓✓✓ What percentage of life died 65.5 million years
ago?
5 Kg - (no larger) Ans✓✓✓ How large were the eggs of dinosaurs?
65.5 million years ago Ans✓✓✓ How long ago did dinosaurs go
extinct?
7 oz Ans✓✓✓ How much did the smallest dinosaur weigh?
7 oz to 50 tons Ans✓✓✓ Estimates of dinosaur size range from:
questions with verified answers
- *Brontosaurus*;
- *over-splitting*
(named Apatosaurus first so that's the name they kept) Ans✓✓✓
Apatosaurus were also named _______ because they thought they
were different.
This is called what ________ ?
- Sauroposeidon;
- 56 Ans✓✓✓ ________ was the tallest dinosaur at ______ ft and is
taller than Ruby Diamond
- they grew faster than reptiles
- appear to have grown like marsupials/mammals Ans✓✓✓ What were
the Growth rates of dinos?
-The world was warmer
-no ice at the poles
-like FL in middle latitudes Ans✓✓✓ What was the climate in the age
of the dinosaurs?
-volcanoes
,-lowering in sea levels
-asteroid hitting (gulf of mexico) Ans✓✓✓ What were the 3 theories of
dinosaur extinction?
*Amphicoelous*;
-went missing in a museum, some think it crumbled over the years &
was swept up by Janitors Ans✓✓✓ What was the LARGEST Dino ever
found?
- What happened to its remains?
*Bakker* took the idea of the Deinonychus and ran with it (Claimed all
Dinosaurs were physically like birds);
- interest in dinosaur research soared Ans✓✓✓ What started the
dinosaur renaissance?
*Ornithischians* - "bird hips"
*Saurischians* - "lizard hips" Ans✓✓✓ What are 2 Types of dinosaurs
*Ornithopoda Hadrosaurs* (duck bills) AND *Marginocephalia* (bone
heads & horned Dinos) Ans✓✓✓ What are the 2 subgroups of the
*Cerapoda*
*Trace fossils*: tracks, eggs, bite marks, coprolites(feces) Ans✓✓✓
What are the best fossils to use and are also the #1 indicator in the
field?
, 140ft (longer than Ruby Diamond) Ans✓✓✓ How long were
*Diplodocids*?
238 million years ago (Mesozoic Era) Ans✓✓✓ How long ago did
dinosaurs live?
3700 lbs;
by the deinosuchus crocodile Ans✓✓✓ The Biggest bite force of giant
crocodile was what?
40% to 80% Ans✓✓✓ What percentage of life died 65.5 million years
ago?
5 Kg - (no larger) Ans✓✓✓ How large were the eggs of dinosaurs?
65.5 million years ago Ans✓✓✓ How long ago did dinosaurs go
extinct?
7 oz Ans✓✓✓ How much did the smallest dinosaur weigh?
7 oz to 50 tons Ans✓✓✓ Estimates of dinosaur size range from:
