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Background: Scientists are always digging up new information about dinosaurs! National Geographic's Dinorama gives you the dirt on some exciting discoveries.
Directions: Print out this page (or get a copy from your teacher). Then dig into www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama and fill in the blanks. |
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1. The Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed "Sue" had a skull that weighed _______________ pounds. 2. Tyrannosaurus rex's strongest sense was probably _______________. 3. Scientist Luis Chiappe and his team discovered thousands of dinosaur _______________ in Argentina. 4. Like most animals, a dinosaur began life with a fairly large _______________. 5. Earth's _______________ inhabitants were sauropods, or plant-eating dinosaurs. |
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6. Scientists use _______________ _______________ to study how dinosaurs may have moved. 7. In 1997 scientist Paul Sereno discovered the most complete _______________ skeleton ever found. 8. The largest known dinosaur eggs were _______________ inches long. 9. Scientists believe one Rocky Mountain dinosaur guarded and fed its young. So they named it Maiasaura, which means "_______________ _______________ _______________." 10. Many scientists think that _______________ are the modern cousins of dinosaurs. |
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| Teachers and students may make copies of this page
to complete as a classroom assignment.
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