Scavenger hunt answer key:
Aquatic Dinos (Carli Kimball):
Question 1: What animal lays eggs similar to the Plesiosaurus?
Answer: a). Sea Turtle. The Plesiosaurus dug in the ground and laid eggs in the beach similar to today's sea turtles.
Question 2: What type of food does the Megalodon eat?
Answer: b). Sea Lion. According to this website, the Megaladon usually ate large sea lions and seals.
Question 3: How is the Plesiosaurus related to the dolphin?
Answer: c). They both breathe air. The Plesiosaurus does not have gills, so they would breathe oxygen just like dolphins!
Carnivores (Sarah Shirar):
Question 4: What did Spinosaurus eat?
Answer: b). Aquatic animals, “Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks.”
Question 5: What was the smallest carnivore?
Answer: c). Hesperonychus, “I am going to award smallest meat eater to Hesperonychus at only 19 inches (50cm) and about 1 meter long.”
Question 6: How many clawed fingers did the Tyrannosaurus rex have on each arm?
Answer: a). 2, “Tyrannosaurus rex had small arms that were extremely powerful and featured two clawed fingers.”
Herbivores (Sadie Covington):
Question 7: Since herbivores are at the bottom of the food chain, what did these dinosaurs use as a defense mechanism against other dinosaurs?
Answer: To help fight meat eaters such as the Allosaurus or Spinosaurus, many plant eaters had natural weapons at their disposal. Examples of this include the spikes on the tail of the Stegosaurus and the three horns attached to the front of the Triceratops’s head shield.
Question 8: Herbivores are __________ consumers
a.)Primary
Answer: herbivore-primary consumers
Question 9: List what a herbivores diet consists of:
Answer: Herbivores, or plant eaters, are dinosaurs that ate plants, leaves, fruits, grass and flowers. Anything green was considered meals for these dinosaurs. Their movements were usually slow as there was no need for them to chase after plants. Herbivores with shorter heights tended to feed on grass and low lying plants, while the taller ones or those with long necks used to feed on leaves of trees. They were considered to be at the bottom of the food chain because they served as prey to carnivores.
Question 1: What animal lays eggs similar to the Plesiosaurus?
Answer: a). Sea Turtle. The Plesiosaurus dug in the ground and laid eggs in the beach similar to today's sea turtles.
Question 2: What type of food does the Megalodon eat?
Answer: b). Sea Lion. According to this website, the Megaladon usually ate large sea lions and seals.
Question 3: How is the Plesiosaurus related to the dolphin?
Answer: c). They both breathe air. The Plesiosaurus does not have gills, so they would breathe oxygen just like dolphins!
Carnivores (Sarah Shirar):
Question 4: What did Spinosaurus eat?
Answer: b). Aquatic animals, “Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks.”
Question 5: What was the smallest carnivore?
Answer: c). Hesperonychus, “I am going to award smallest meat eater to Hesperonychus at only 19 inches (50cm) and about 1 meter long.”
Question 6: How many clawed fingers did the Tyrannosaurus rex have on each arm?
Answer: a). 2, “Tyrannosaurus rex had small arms that were extremely powerful and featured two clawed fingers.”
Herbivores (Sadie Covington):
Question 7: Since herbivores are at the bottom of the food chain, what did these dinosaurs use as a defense mechanism against other dinosaurs?
Answer: To help fight meat eaters such as the Allosaurus or Spinosaurus, many plant eaters had natural weapons at their disposal. Examples of this include the spikes on the tail of the Stegosaurus and the three horns attached to the front of the Triceratops’s head shield.
Question 8: Herbivores are __________ consumers
a.)Primary
Answer: herbivore-primary consumers
Question 9: List what a herbivores diet consists of:
Answer: Herbivores, or plant eaters, are dinosaurs that ate plants, leaves, fruits, grass and flowers. Anything green was considered meals for these dinosaurs. Their movements were usually slow as there was no need for them to chase after plants. Herbivores with shorter heights tended to feed on grass and low lying plants, while the taller ones or those with long necks used to feed on leaves of trees. They were considered to be at the bottom of the food chain because they served as prey to carnivores.
Omnivores (Gabrielle Savolidis):
Question 10: What is an example of an omnivore?
Answer: Oviraptor
Question 11: What does an omnivore eat?
Answer: Plants and animals
Question 12: How long is the Khaan, and omnivorous dinosaur? And where was it located?
Answer: 6 feet long and located in Asia
Question 10: What is an example of an omnivore?
Answer: Oviraptor
Question 11: What does an omnivore eat?
Answer: Plants and animals
Question 12: How long is the Khaan, and omnivorous dinosaur? And where was it located?
Answer: 6 feet long and located in Asia
eXTRA CREDIT:
Name the three main types of dinosaurs
1. Carnivores
2. Herbivores
3. Omnivores
1. Carnivores
2. Herbivores
3. Omnivores