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Dinosaur Quiz - Sauropods

By Bob Strauss, About.com

Do you know your sauropods? Take this quiz and find out! (Questions are on page 1)

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

A) Brachytrachelopan
b) Mamenchisaurus
c) Vulcanodon

Read more about Brachytrachelopan

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

a) Supersaurus
b) Brachiosaurus
C) Apatosaurus

Read more about Apatosaurus

3. The sauropods of the Cretaceous period are known as

a) Hadrosaurs
B) Titanosaurs
c) Ornithopods

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4. Which of the following is NOT a sauropod?

a) Camarasaurus
B) Dryosaurus
c) Paralititan

Read more about Dryosaurus

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

a) Neck
B) Foot
c) Tail

Read more about dinosaur names

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

Read more about sauropod anatomy

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

A) Giganotosaurus
b) T. Rex
c) Deinonychus

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

A) Gastroliths
b) Ammonites
c) Coprolites

Read more about gastroliths

9. The biggest sauropods weighed

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

Read more about the biggest dinosaurs

10. Sauropods are most closely related to

A) Tyrannosaurs
b) Hadrosaurs
c) Ornithopods

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