Dinosaurs: Archaeopteryx
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Archaeopteryx was first discovered in what year?
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1861
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1921
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1967
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2009
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True or false. Archaeopteryx has long been identified as the oldest known bird.
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True
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False
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A. True -
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Scientists believe that Archaeopteryx lived in what kind of habitat?
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Forests
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Chaparral
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Coastal waters
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Grasslands
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A. Forests -
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True or false. All dinosaurs are archosaurs, but not all archosaurs are dinosaurs.
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True
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False
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A. True -
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Some scientists think Archaeopteryx may have fed on these animals:
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Ammonites
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Early human beings
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Pterosaurs
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Squirrels
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A. Pterosaurs -
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Unlike a modern bird, Archaeopteryx had this trait:
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Gave birth to live young
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Oracular vision
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A long, bony tail
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All of the above
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A. A long, bony tail -
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Archaeopteryx was about the same size as what animal?
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An emu
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A crow
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A canary
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A hippopotamus
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A. A crow -
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Archaeoraptor lived about how many years ago?
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310 million years ago
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230 million years ago
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150 million years ago
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65 million years ago
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A. 150 million years ago -
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In the past, most scientists did not believe that birds descended from dinosaurs. They thought birds descended from early members of which group?
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Mammals
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Archosaurs
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Testudines
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Crustaceans
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A. Archosaurs -
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This animal was similar to Archaeopteryx, though it lived about 10 million years earlier:
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Velociraptor
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Eoraptor
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Microraptor
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Xiaotingia
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A. Xiaotingia -
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