5. List 4 Characteristics and Examples for Each Order

Dinosaur Webquest

Go to: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinoclassification/

Part 1: How are Dinosaurs Classified?

1. Class ______

2. Subclass______

3. Superorder______

4. Order(s) ______

5. List 4 characteristics and examples for each order

Order 1- ______Order 2- ______

Examples Examples

6. What is a theropod? ______How are they different from other Dinosaurs?______

7. Did “bird hipped” dinosaurs lead to the evolution of birds?______

8. Use the cladogram (at the bottom) to answer the question-

According to the cladogram, are Dinossurs more closely related to Crocodiles or Turtles? ______

9. The first dinosaurs appeared in the ______era.

Click on the blue Theropod link

10. Click on the T. Rex link.

a) When did T. rex live?

b) Is T. rex the largest known carnivore dinosaur? c) How many fingers did T. rex on its forelimbs?

d) What did it use its tail for?

e) How many pounds of meat could it eat in one bite?

f) Did T. Rex have depth perception? ______What types of dinosaurs did not? Why?

11. Click on the Gigantosaurus blue link

a) Did Gigantosaurus ever come into contact with a T. Rex? Explain. List reasons for your answer.

b) Look in the Locomotion section. Is it likely for Gigantosaurus or T.rex to run over 20 mph? Explain.

12. Scroll to list of Dinosaurs on bottom of page. Click on Brachiosaurus. Brachiosaurus means -______How many teeth did it have?______Where were its nostrils located?______What did it eat? ______When did they live?______Could a T. Rex eat a Brachiosaurus?______Was the brachiosaurs blood pressure different from ours? Why?______

Were brachiosaurs more intelligent than crocodiles?______

13. Go to the bottom of the page and select Plesiosaurs. Plesiosaur means “______”. Were plesiosaurs really dinosaurs?______Where did they live? ______How large could they be?

14- 20. Choose any 7 other groups of true dinosaurs(not the ones with the * next to them) and list 7 facts for each of them

21. Write one paragraph explaining what you learned or found interesting by researching these dinosaurs.