DINOSAURS
2nd Grade
Science
Colleen Smith
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Pterodactyl
Triceratops
Velociraptor
Brontosaurus
Gallimimus
Stegosaurus
Quiz
Tyrannosaurus Rex
• Name Meaning: Tyrant Lizard
• Carnivore
• Average life span: 30 years
• Habitat: Open Woodland
• Type: Predator Dinosaur
• Used tail for balance
• Good sense of smell
• Most commonly known
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Pterodactyl
• Name Meaning: Winged Lizard
• Type: Flying Reptile
• Diet: fish, insects, and small animals
• Varied in size
• Hunted near rivers and lakes
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Brontosaurus
• Name Meaning: Deceptive Lizard
• Type: Plant Eater
• Lived in Jurassic Time Period
• Swallowed stones to help grind up food instead of chewing
• Long whip-like tail was used as a weapon
• Known to many as “Long necks”
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Stegosaurus
• Name Meaning: Roofed Lizard
• Type: Large plant-eating dinosaur
• Soft Vegetation diet
• Spikes on the tail were used as weapons
• Had no teeth in the front, just a beak
• Thick legs held up the weight reducing it’s speed
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Triceratops
• Name Meaning: Three horned face
• Type: Plant eater, ceratopsian (horned faced dinosaur)
• Lived in the late Cretaceous period
• Plants and tree diet
• The large tail helped balance the weight of the head
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Velociraptor
• Name Meaning: Swift plunderer
• Type: Predator
• Lived in the late Cretaceous period
• Diet: other dinosaurs
• Traveled in packs
• Fast, smart, great eyesight
• Ran with their toes back to keep their claws from dulling
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Gallimimus
• Name Meaning: Chicken Mimic
• Ornithomimosaur (Ostrich-like)
• Toothless beaks, long and slender fingers, walked on 2 legs
• Small head well suited for digging in the mud for food
• Diet: plants and animals
• Lived in the late Cretaceous period
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Quiz
What dinosaur is able to fly?
A. Stegosaurus
C. Pterodactyl
B. Triceratops
D. Brontosaurus
TRY AGAIN!
The Stegosaurus walks on it’s thick 4 legs to help
support it’s heavy weight.
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Oops!
Triceratops do not have wings. They walk on all
four legs balancing with their tails.
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GOOD TRY!
The Brontosaurus walks on all fours. It’s long neck
would not allow for it to fly.
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CORRECT!
The Pterodactyl has wings which allows it to fly high
above the others.
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CONGRATULATIONS
YOU DID IT!
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