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Dinosaur Quiz - Sauropods

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Dinosaur Quiz - Sauropods

Supersaurus (illustration by Luis Rey)

Do you know your sauropods? Take this quiz and find out! (Answers are on page 2, but no peeking!)

1. Which sauropod is known for its unusually short neck?

a) Brachytrachelopan
b) Mamenchisaurus
c) Vulcanodon

2. The sauropod once called "Brontosaurus" is now known as

a) Supersaurus
b) Brachiosaurus
c) Apatosaurus

3. The sauropods of the Cretaceous period are known as

a) Hadrosaurs
b) Titanosaurs
c) Ornithopods

4. Which of the following is NOT a sauropod?

a) Camarasaurus
b) Dryosaurus
c) Paralititan

5. The "pod" in "sauropod" stands for

a) Neck
b) Foot
c) Tail

6. Why did sauropods have such long necks?

a) To breathe from the bottom of deep lakes
b) To eat leaves from the high branches of trees
c) To keep other sauropods at a distance

7. The sauropod Argentinosaurus is known to have been hunted by

a) Giganotosaurus
b) T. Rex
c) Deinonychus

8. The stones sauropods swallowed to help them digest food are called

a) Gastroliths
b) Ammonites
c) Coprolites

9. The biggest sauropods weighed

a) 10 tons
b) 100 tons
c) 1,000 tons

10. Sauropods are most closely related to

a) Tyrannosaurs
b) Hadrosaurs
c) Ornithopods

Answers on next page!

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