Dinosaurs: Archaeopteryx

1. Archaeopteryx was first discovered in what year?

1861

1921

1967

2009

2. True or false. Archaeopteryx has long been identified as the oldest known bird.

True

False

3. Scientists believe that Archaeopteryx lived in what kind of habitat?

Forests

Chaparral

Coastal waters

Grasslands

4. True or false. All dinosaurs are archosaurs, but not all archosaurs are dinosaurs.

True

False

5. Some scientists think Archaeopteryx may have fed on these animals:

Ammonites

Early human beings

Pterosaurs

Squirrels

6. Unlike a modern bird, Archaeopteryx had this trait:

Gave birth to live young

Oracular vision

A long, bony tail

All of the above

7. Archaeopteryx was about the same size as what animal?

An emu

A crow

A canary

A hippopotamus

8. Archaeoraptor lived about how many years ago?

310 million years ago

230 million years ago

150 million years ago

65 million years ago

9. In the past, most scientists did not believe that birds descended from dinosaurs. They thought birds descended from early members of which group?

Mammals

Archosaurs

Testudines

Crustaceans

10. This animal was similar to Archaeopteryx, though it lived about 10 million years earlier:

Velociraptor

Eoraptor

Microraptor

Xiaotingia