Answers and Additional Info
for
Walk the Dinosaur
June 2020
- Want a Pet Dinosaur?
- Dinos Aren't Extinct
- Bone Wars
- Dino Matching
- Dinosaur Measurements
- Measuring Basics Wordsearch
- Dinosaur Trivia
- Funny Stuff
- What's a Quarry?
- Are Food Allergies Becoming Extinct, Too?
It’s too bad dinosaurs are extinct. Many of them could have actually been our pets!
Can you imagine yourself riding a dinosaur? Many dinosaurs were actually the size of humans or smaller and most of them were also plant eaters.
Click to learn more about these two crazy facts below:
Tyrannosaurs Were Human Size for 80 Million Years
Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought
Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All
Technically, dinosaurs are not extinct! Many species definitely are, but the birds we know and see today actually descended from therapods.
You can learn more about the origin of birds by clicking the links below:
Did you know that you only need to find part of a single dinosaur skeleton to declare a new species? Even though dinosaur fossils have existed for millions of years, the first dinosaur fossil wasn’t discovered until 1822 by a man named Gideon Mantell. Soon after, scientists who were now officially called paleontologists were racing to find as many new species as they could.
During that time, two paleontologists, Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh, grew such a rivalry between each other that it was officially known as “The Bone Wars”. A competition between the two that lasted for about 30 years. During that time, Marsh discovered what he thought was a new species and in a rush to beat his competition, named it the Brontosaurus. In 1903, other scientists determined that what he had actually found was an Apatosaurus and by 1970 had officially determined that the Brontosaurus actually never existed.
But just recently, in 2015, scientists started making new claims, saying the Brontosaurus may have existed after all.
So did it or didn’t it?
Study the links below and decide for yourself:
The Brontosaurus Never Even Existed
The Brontosaurus Might Have Existed After All
Brontosaurus Raised from the Dead
Khaungraae = 2 inches tall
Microraptor = 2 1/2 feet long
Velociraptor = 6 feet long
Tyrannosaurus Rex = 12 to 20 feet tall
Giganotosaurus = 4 feet long
Seismosaurus = 150 feet long
How do paleontologists determine how fast a dinosaur could run?
They check the distance between every footprint.
More measuring facts:
The biggest dinosaur had to eat one ton of food each day. (That’s an entire bus full of food!)
The largest dinosaur egg was only the size of a basketball. (The bigger the egg, the thicker the shell and too thick of a shell would mean that babies couldn’t get out!)
Bonus Measuring Activities
Check out the links below for fun ways to learn more about dinos and measuring:
1. Teaspoons and Tablespoons are used for smaller amounts.
2. Use liquid measuring cups for anything that can be poured.
3. Use dry measuring cups for anything that can be scooped and smoothed.
4. Always level dry ingredients.
5. Use a paper funnel to return spices to jars after measuring.
6. A food scale can be helpful in baking since not all ingredients weigh the same.
7. Never measure ingredients over the mixing bowl.
8. Baking is scientific. Make sure all measurements are precise.
9. Before measuring sticky ingredients, coat your measuring cup with oil.
10. Use a liquid measuring cup with water to offset when measuring fats.
11. Use a sifter to break up clumps and keep ingredients from compacting.
12. Always measure liquid ingredients at eye level.
1. What year was the first dinosaur fossil discovered?
Even though dinosaur fossils have been around for millions of years, the first one wasn’t discovered until 1822, by a paleontologist named Gideon Mantell.
2. How many years did dinosaurs live on earth before people?
160 million years. People have only been on the earth for about 2.5 million years.
3. On which continents have dinosaurs been discovered?
ALL of them, including Antarctica.
4. Which paleontologist came up with the name “dinosaur”?
Richard Owen. He chose the name because it means “terrible lizard”, but he wasn’t thinking of “terrible” as “fearsome” the way the movies portray dinosaurs. Instead, he was referring to their majesty and size.
5. What is the longest dinosaur name?
Micropachycephalosaurus, which ironically means “small, thick-headed lizard”
6. What is the shortest dinosaur name?
Minmi
7. How long could a dinosaur live for?
Nobody knows for sure, but some speculate about 200 years.
8. When was the first dinosaur nest found?
In 1923 in Mongolia by an explorer named Roy Chapman Andrews. Before that, scientists didn’t know how dinosaur babies were born.
9. How big was the smallest dinosaur egg ever found?
Just 3 centimeters (weighing only 74 grams).
Check out more interesting dinosaur facts here.
1. Why should dinosaurs never read you a story?
Because their tales are too long.
2. What type of explosives did cave men use?
Dino-mite!
3. Why do they have old dinosaur bones in museums?
Because they can’t find any new ones.
4. What is as big as a dinosaur, but weighs nothing?
It’s shadow
5. What do you get when a dinosaur walks through a strawberry patch?
Strawberry jam
6. Why did the herbivore devour the factory?
Because it was a plant-eater.
7. What do herbivores eat at barbeques?
Dino-Slaw!
A quarry is like a mine, except instead of being underground, it’s open on the top and has no roof. Sometimes scientists place tents or build structures around their quarry sites, but a lot of times the quarry is too big to cover entirely. Quarries are created to dig up all kinds of discoveries including dinosaur bones, rocks, and precious minerals.
Let’s explore more about the quarry process, real live quarries you can visit, and even different types of jobs you could have where you can get paid to dig in the dirt:
Dig Your Own Fossils at These Quarries
Best Places to Discover Dinosaurs and Fossils
Top 10 Western Dinosaur Attractions
Today, scientists are working on all kinds of research to help find a cure for food allergies. But even if they don’t find a cure, many treatment options are making it possible for people to safely eat their allergens. Some of these treatment options are just in the beginning stages of research, while others are starting to be implemented with patients who meet certain criteria.
Explore the links below to learn more about food allergy treatment options being studied and practiced today:
The Future of Food Allergy: Developing New Treatments
The Latest in Food Allergy Research and Treatments
Food Allergy Research & Education: Research and Innovation