🌿 Science & Nature Trivia
Quiz Set 12 — Dinosaurs
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
When did dinosaurs go extinct?
Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct approximately 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Question 2 of 10
What is believed to have caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
A massive asteroid impact near Chicxulub, Mexico is the leading theory for dinosaur extinction.
Question 3 of 10
What was the largest dinosaur?
Argentinosaurus is estimated to have been up to 40 meters long and weighed up to 100 tonnes.
Question 4 of 10
Were dinosaurs reptiles?
Dinosaurs were archosaurs, a group of reptiles that also includes modern crocodilians and birds.
Question 5 of 10
What period is known as the Age of Dinosaurs?
The Mesozoic Era (252-66 million years ago) is called the Age of Dinosaurs, spanning the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
Question 6 of 10
Which dinosaur had three horns?
Triceratops had three horns — two large brow horns and one smaller nasal horn — plus a large bony frill.
Question 7 of 10
What did T. rex eat?
Tyrannosaurus rex was a large carnivorous predator that hunted other dinosaurs.
Question 8 of 10
Which dinosaurs could fly?
Pterosaurs could fly but were not dinosaurs. Some feathered dinosaurs could glide but not truly fly.
Question 9 of 10
How long did dinosaurs roam the Earth?
Dinosaurs existed for approximately 165 million years, from about 231 to 66 million years ago.
Question 10 of 10
What modern animals are descendants of dinosaurs?
Birds are the direct descendants of theropod dinosaurs and are considered living dinosaurs.