Dinosaurs: Microraptor

1. Microraptor had long feathers on how many of its limbs?

2

4

6

1

2. Microraptor lived about how long ago?

230 million years ago

160 million years ago

120 million years ago

65 million years ago

3. Unlike a modern bird, Microraptor had which trait?

Scaly skin

Teeth

A detachable tail

Warm-bloodedness

4. Scientists believe that Microraptor lived in what kind of habitat?

Deserts

Grasslands

Tundra

Forests

5. True or false. Microraptor lived about 40 million years before Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird.

True

False

6. Microraptor fossils come from which part of the world?

Libya

Germany

China

Argentina

7. A Microraptor fossil was combined with a fossilized bird and made to appear as if it was a single animal. What did scientists later name this bird?

Xiaotinga

Confuciousornis

Yanornis

Enantiornis

8. Fossil remains suggest that Microraptor may have fed on this food item, among others.

Fruits and berries

Nuts

Snakes

Birds

9. True or false. Scientists consider Microraptor to be one of the earliest known birds.

True

False

10. What was the name of the animal described by National Geographic in 1999, based on a fossil that included parts of Microraptor? The theoretical animal was never formally described or recognized by scientists.

Megaraptor

Vegavis

Demon Duck of Doom

Archaeoraptor