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Teacher Workbooks Cyber-Starters Dinosaurs – Volume 1 © Copyright 2006 Teachnlogy, Inc., and its licensors. All rights reserved. For additional information, visit us at www.teachnologypublishing.com Table of Contents Theme Age of Reptiles 1-3 All about Dinosaurs 4-6 Anatomy of Dinosaurs 7-9 Behavior of Dinosaurs 10-12 Dinosaur Diet 13-15 Dinosaur Fossils 16-18 Dinosaur Growth 19-21 Dinosaurs and Birds 22-24 Era of Dinosaurs 25-27 Extinction of Dinosaurs 28-30 Origin of Dinosaur Names 31-33 Popular Dinosaurs 34-36 Size of Dinosaurs 37-39 Tallest Dinosaurs 40-42 Types of Dinosaurs 43-45 Format Cyber-Starter 1-45 © 2006 Teachnology, Inc. Age of Reptiles Cyber Starters What happened during this Age of Reptiles? Was the climate cold? Wat kind of life was on the earth? The resources will help you find the answers to these questions and the questions below. Resources 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Reptiles Definition and description of Era 2. http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/geology/publications/bul/1508/sec8.htm Reason for name “Age of Reptiles” 3. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Age+of+Reptiles Years of Age of Reptiles 4. http://www.howard.k12.md.us/res/beginnings/Reptiles.html End of an Era 5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/ Age of Reptiles © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 1 Name_____________________________________ _ Name______________________________________________________________________ Questions: 1. What Era is called the “Age of Reptiles? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe this Era. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. This Era is divided into three time periods. Name them. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What drastic change took place during the Mesozoic Era? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. What caused the end of this Era? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 2 Name______________________________________________________________________ 6. The Age of Reptiles took place how many million years ago? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe the climate during this Era. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is “Tectonics”? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe “Life” during this Era. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why was this Era called the Age of Reptiles? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 3 Name______________________________________________________________________ Date__________________________________________________ Grade__________ All about Dinosaurs Cyber Starter Dinosaurs lived many years ago. Did people live with them? What did they eat? Find the answers to these questions and learn more about dinosaurs by using the resources below. Resources 1. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/people.html People and dinosaurs 2. http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/natureonline/dinodirectory/dino.dsml Physical description 3. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/allabout/ Beginnings of dinosaurs 4. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/when.html Dinosaur beginnings 5. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/together.html Supercontinent 6. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/social.html Social animals 7. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/speed.html Speed © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 4 Name_____________________________________ _ Name______________________________________________________________________ Questions: 1. When did the dinosaurs first appear on earth? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the physical appearance of dinosaurs. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. How long did dinosaurs roam the earth? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Did dinosaurs and people live together? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. What three geologic time periods mark the “age of the dinosaurs”? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. There was one super continent on earth at one time. What was it called? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 5 Name______________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe how some dinosaurs were social animals. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. What did dinosaurs eat? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe how fast dinosaurs could walk or run. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. What is the theory of dinosaurs and birds? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 6 Name______________________________________________________________________ Date__________________________________________________ Grade__________ Anatomy of Dinosaurs Cyber Starter Did you know that dinosaurs evolved from another reptile? Did dinosaurs walk on only two legs or four? Use the resources to help answer these questions and the questions below. Resources 1. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dinosaurs/info/everything/gen_anatomy_2.html Tetropods 2. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dinosaurs/info/everything/gen_anatomy.html Features of dinosaur anatomy 3. http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Teeth.shtml Teeth 4. http://www.dinosauromorpha.de/anatomy.htm Skeleton 5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/ Primitive reptiles 6. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dinosaurs/info/everything/gen_anatomy_3.html Unique features © 2007 Teachnology, Inc. 7 Name_____________________________________ _ Name______________________________________________________________________ Questions: 1. Dinosaurs evolved from what primitive reptile? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Were all dinosaurs twolegged? Explain. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Name