Dinosaurs: Carnotaurus

1. What does the name Carnotaurus mean?

Meat-eating lizard

Plant-eating bull

Meat-eating torey

Meat-eating bull

2. Where did Carnotaurus live?

Modern-day Atlanta

Modern-day Australia

Modern-day Africa

Modern-day Argentina

3. Carnotaurus might have used its horns for which of the following?

Sharpening its claws

Attracting mates

Picking food from its teeth

Climbing trees

4. About how fast do researchers think Carnotaurus might have been able to run?

10 miles (16 kilometres) per hour

5 miles (8 kilometres) per hour

60 miles (97 kilometres) per hour

30 miles (48 kilometres) per hour

5. True or False: Carnotaurus could not move its fingers.

True

False

6. True or False. Scientists think Carnotaurus was a slow-moving dinosaur, not capable of reaching fast speeds.

True

False

7. How many fingers did Carnotaurus have on each arm?

2

3

4

5

8. About how many years ago did Carnotaurus live?

75 million to 70 million years ago

65 million to 60 million years ago

175 million to 170 million years ago

165 million to 160 million years ago

9. Which of the following helps explain why Carnotaurus developed several unusual features?

It hunted very unusual prey

South America was isolated from the rest of the world at the time Carnotaurus lived

The air in South America is different than in other parts of the world

It drank unusual water

10. Which of the following describes how scientists think of Carnotaurus's bite?

Strong but slow

Strong and fast

Weak but fast

Weak and slow