DINOSAURS IDENTITY CARD AND RIDDLES
GROUP WORKS
TRICERATOPS (Mattia e Davide – Federica, Chiara e Cristina B.)
MY NAME MEANS “three horned face”
I HAD GOT three horns, a large bony frill with point, a horny nose, four big legs, a long tail with
vertebrae, a toothless sharp beak, sharp teeth in the cheek
I WAS 9 meters LONG
I WAS 3 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 5-6 tons (6000 kilograms)
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN North America (Canada)
I WAS herbivorous (plant eater)
I LIKED palm tree leaves
I COULD walk on four legs
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE carnivorous: the Ornithomimus, the Oviraptor, the Velociraptor
MY FRIENDS WERE all the Ceratopsides
I WAS not much INTELLIGENT (EQ 0,6-0,9)
MY NAME IS...
STEGOSAURUS (Nausika e Stefano A. - Alessia, Nicole)
MY NAME MEANS “plated lizard or roof lizard”
I HAD GOT many bony plates, four strong legs, a long tail with spines, a big neck, a small head
I WAS 8-9 meters LONG
I WAS 2,75 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 3 tons (1000 kilograms)
I LIVED IN THE Jurassic and in the Cretaceous
I LIVED IN North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
I WAS herbivorous (plant-eater)
I LIKED ferns, plants, grass
I COULD walk on four legs and on two legs to eat vegetation
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE large and small meat-eaters: the Allosaurus, the Ornithomimus, the
Oviraptor, the Velociraptor
MY FRIENDS WERE all the Stegosaurs
I WAS not much INTELLIGENT (EQ 0,5)
MY NAME IS......
BRACHIOSAURUS (Sara, Francesco A., Giorgia)
MY NAME MEANS “arm lizard”
I HAD GOT a long neck, a small head, four long and big legs, a long tail, pointed teeth
I WAS 26 meters LONG
I WAS 16 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 70 tons (70000 kilograms)
I LIVED IN THE Jurassic
I LIVED IN North America
I WAS herbivorous (plant-eater)
I LIKED bush, grass, leaves
I COULD walk on four legs, run not very fast
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the T-Rex, the Velociraptor
MY FRIENDS WERE the Diplodocus, the Brontosaurus
I WAS not much INTELLIGENT (EQ 0,1)
MY NAME IS......
TIRANNOSAURUS-REX (Francesca e Irene – Alessio, Silvia e Francesco C.)
MY NAME MEANS “tyrant lizard king”
I HAD GOT a big head, a strong skull, 58 long, pointed and sharp teeth, large eyes, two small and
weak front arms, two long, big and powerful back legs, long claws, a long an thin tail, bumpy skin,
unknown colour
I WAS 12 meters LONG
I WAS 6 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 7 tons (7000 kilograms)
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN North America and Asia (Mongolia)
I WAS carnivorous (meat-eater)
I LIKED vertebrate animals
I COULD walk on two legs, run, jump, hunt
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the Ankylosaur, big herbivora, other big meat-eater
MY FRIENDS WERE the Gigantosaurus, the Allosaurus
I WAS enough INTELLIGENT (EQ 1,8)
MY NAME IS......
OVIRAPTOR (Virginia e Camilla – Eugen, Enrico e Mirco)
MY NAME MEANS “egg robber”
I HAD GOT a bony crest on head, a long, flexible neck, two short clawed front arms, two long
clawed back legs, a long, stiff tail, a strong toothless beak, two small teeth in roof of mouth
I WAS 1,8 meters LONG
I WAS 0,8 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 25 -35 kilograms
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN Asia (Gobi Desert, Mongolia)
I WAS omnivorous (plant an meat eater)
I LIKED meat, seeds, insects, plants, fruit and eggs
I COULD walk on two legs, run very fast (70 kph), jump
I DEPOSED 20 EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters
MY FRIENDS WERE the Velociraptors
I WAS much INTELLIGENT (EQ 5,8)
MY NAME IS......
VELOCIRAPTOR (Nicolò, Sammy, Cristina G.)
MY NAME MEANS “swift robber”
I HAD GOT many sharp teeth, big eyes, retractable claws,one big claw to open the prey, three
fingers each hand, a long, pointed and thin tail,
I WAS 2 meters LONG
I WAS 8 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 113 kilograms
60 km/h
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN
I WAS carnivorous (meat-eater)
I LIKED preys
I COULD walk on two legs, run very fast, jump
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters
MY FRIENDS WERE the Oviraptors
I WAS much INTELLIGENT (EQ 5,8)
MY NAME IS......
ARCAEOPTERIX (Gaia, Rachele, Carlotta)
MY NAME MEANS “ancient wing”
I HAD GOT feathers, fingers with claws, a long tail, many teeth,corneus beak, not pneumatics
bones, long legs
I WAS 2 meters LONG
I WAS 8 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 113 kilograms
I LIVED IN THE Jurassic
I LIVED IN Europe (Germany)
I WAS carnivorous (meat-eater)
I LIKED preys
I COULD walk on two legs, run very fast, jump
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters
MY FRIENDS WERE the Oviraptors
MY NAME IS......
PTERODACTILUS (Filippo, Lorenzo)
MY NAME MEANS “wing finger”
I HAD GOT a long neck, large eyes, long toothed beak, long leathery wings, claws, a short tail
MY SKULL WAS 6 cm long
MY WINGSPAM WAS 75 cm
I LIVED IN THE Jurassic
I LIVED IN Europe, Africa
I WAS carnivorous (meat-eater)
I LIKED preys like insects, small fishes
I COULD fly, dive, sit
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters, T-Rex
MY FRIENDS WERE birds
MY NAME IS......
DIPLODOCUS (Francesco V., Fabiano)
MY NAME MEANS “double beam”
I HAD GOT four columnar legs, a long neck, tiny head and brain, a long, big tail
I WAS 25 meters LONG
I WAS 15 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 15 tons
I LIVED IN THE Jurassic
I LIVED IN North America
I WAS herbivorous (plant-eater)
I LIKED small plants, not in the forest, and stones to digest
I COULD walk on four legs, slowly, in group
I DEPOSED many EGGS in line, not in a nest
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters, like Allosaurus
MY FRIENDS WERE the Brontosaurus, the Brachiosaurus
I WAS not much INTELLIGENT (EQ 0,1)
MY NAME IS......
BARYONYX (Fabio, Simone, Margherita)
MY NAME MEANS “heavy claw”
I HAD GOT long legs, a long tail, clawed feet, a small crest on snout, long alligator like jaws with
96 serrated teeth
I WAS 9,5 meters LONG
I WAS 13 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 2 tons
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN Europe
I WAS carnivorous (meat-eater)
I LIKED preys like fish
I COULD walk and swim
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Cryalosaurus, Gigantosaurus
MY FRIENDS WERE the T-Rex, Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, Cryloposaurus, Gigantosauros,
Utahraptors
I WAS enough INTELLIGENT (EQ 2)
MY NAME IS......
CARNOTAURUS (Rebecca, Stefano, Giorgio)
MY NAME MEANS “Carnivorous bull”
I HAD GOT two horns on the head, small front legs, long powerful back legs, four fingers, rought,
bumpy skin, bull dog like face,
I WAS 7,5 meters LONG
I WAS 2,2 meters TALL
I WEIGHTED 1 ton
I LIVED IN THE Cretaceous
I LIVED IN South America (Patagonia)
I WAS carnivorous (meat eater)
I LIKED preys
I COULD walk on two legs, run
I DEPOSED many EGGS
MY ENEMIES WERE the big meat-eaters
MY FRIENDS WERE the Velociraptors
I WAS enough INTELLIGENT (EQ 2)
MY NAME IS......