Module 8 Dino 2

Question 1 1 / 1 pts What kind of an environment would Tyrannosaurus have lived in? swamp

tropical rainforest

open forest

desert

Question 2 1 / 1 pts The specimen from Solnhofen is: Stegosaurus

Diplodocus

Archaeopteryx

Tyrannosaurus

Question 3 1 / 1 pts What kind of tool does the researcher in the La Brea video use to remove soft matrix from the bone? pick ax

brush

dental pick

scalpel

Question 4 1 / 1 pts The fossil from Utah is a specimen of: Stegosaurus

Archaeopteryx

Tyrannosaurus

Coelophysus

Question 5 1 / 1 pts The YOUNGEST fossil you dated is from: New Mexico

Utah

Montana

Colorado

Question 6 1 / 1 pts The specimen from Montana is: Tyrannosaurus

Diplodocus

Coelophysus

Stegosaurus

Question 7 1 / 1 pts The OLDEST fossil you dated is from: Utah

Solnhofen

New Mexico

Montana

Question 8 1 / 1 pts When working with rock that probably doesn't have bone in it, what kind of tool will the researcher use? dental pick

brush

scalpel

hammer and chisel

Question 9 1 / 1 pts The Solnhofen fossil represents an animal that is a close relative of what living group? lizards

horses

birds

turtles

Question 10 1 / 1 pts The most common geological era represented by these fossils is: Devonian

Jurassic

Cambrian

Pleistocene

Question 11 1 / 1 pts The most common age of the fossils you dated is approximately: Pleistocene

220-200 mya

160-130 mya

90-50 mya

Question 12 0 / 1 pts The fossil from Utah was found in rocks that date from __ to 130 mya. 220

180

160

145

Question 13 0 / 1 pts Coelophysis lived during which time period? Triassic

Cretaceous

Pleistocene

Cambrian

Question 14 1 / 1 pts The fossil from New Mexico represents what taxon? Tyrannosaur

Coelophysis

Diplodocus

Stegosaurus

Question 15 1 / 1 pts What kind of taxa are commonly found in the La Brea Tar Pits? dinosaurs

mammals such as mastodon and sabertooth cats

fish, including sharks and lobe-finned fish

all of the above