In The News Quiz: Advanced (Australia & New Zealand)

1. This small meat-eating dinosaur resembled an ostrich. Its name means "egg robber", because scientists once believed that it primarily ate the eggs of other dinosaurs.

Oviraptor

Eoraptor

Velociraptor

2. This dinosaur's name means "three-horned face". Scientists believe these huge creatures roamed in great herds across western North America.

Stegosaurus

Triceratops

Pachycephalosaurs

3. This quick, fierce, meat-eating dinosaur had a large curved, razor-sharp claw on the second toe of each hind foot. These two claws were probably its main weapons of attack.

Velociraptor

Pterodactyl

Archaeopteryx

4. These dinosaurs had wide snouts resembling duck bills. They lived in herds, nested in colonies, and took care of their babies.

Hadrosaur

Apatosaurus

Diplodocus

5. This dinosaur's name means "fused lizard". The armour covering its body consisted of bony pieces that had fused or grown together. It was one of the largest of the armoured dinosaurs.

Ankylosaurs

Stegosaurus

Ceratopsians

6. This dinosaur's name means "tyrant lizard". It was one of he largest meat-eating dinosaurs.

Velociraptor

Tyrannosaurus

Allosaurus

7. This creature lived during the Mesozoic Era, the same era in which dinosaurs lived. Scientists classify it as a winged-reptile.

Archaeopteryx

Coelacanth

Pterodactyl

8. This dinosaur's name means "double beam" and describes the beams of bone in the underside of the animal's tail.

Diplodocus

Prosaurolophus

Corythosaurus

9. This dinosaur was once named Brontosaurus, meaning thunder lizard, because of the noise that such a large animal must have made when it walked.

Brachiosaurus

Apatosaurus

Allosaurus

10. This dinosaur's name means "arm lizard". Unlike most dinosaurs, it had arm bones that were longer than its leg bones.

Protoceratops

Torosaurus

Brachiosaurus

In The News Quiz: Advanced (Australia & New Zealand)

1. This small meat-eating dinosaur resembled an ostrich. Its name means "egg robber", because scientists once believed that it primarily ate the eggs of other dinosaurs.

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2. This dinosaur's name means "three-horned face". Scientists believe these huge creatures roamed in great herds across western North America.

3. This quick, fierce, meat-eating dinosaur had a large curved, razor-sharp claw on the second toe of each hind foot. These two claws were probably its main weapons of attack.

4. These dinosaurs had wide snouts resembling duck bills. They lived in herds, nested in colonies, and took care of their babies.

5. This dinosaur's name means "fused lizard". The armour covering its body consisted of bony pieces that had fused or grown together. It was one of the largest of the armoured dinosaurs.

6. This dinosaur's name means "tyrant lizard". It was one of he largest meat-eating dinosaurs.

7. This creature lived during the Mesozoic Era, the same era in which dinosaurs lived. Scientists classify it as a winged-reptile.

8. This dinosaur's name means "double beam" and describes the beams of bone in the underside of the animal's tail.

9. This dinosaur was once named Brontosaurus, meaning thunder lizard, because of the noise that such a large animal must have made when it walked.

10. This dinosaur's name means "arm lizard". Unlike most dinosaurs, it had arm bones that were longer than its leg bones.