Extreme Dinosaur Nigersaurus

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The Nigersaurus Quiz

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1. Nigersaurus is what type of dinosaur?

	A. theropod (walks on two legs and eats meat)
	B. sauropod (walks on four legs and has a long tail)
	C. ceratopsian (walks on four legs and has horns)
	D. ankylosaur (walks on four legs and is armored)

2. What type of food did Nigersaurus eat?

	A. Only plants (it was an herbivore)
	B. Only meat (it was a carnivore)
	C. Both plants and meat (it was an omnivore)
	D. Only bugs (it was an insectivore)

3. Approximately how many teeth did Nigersaurus have in its mouth?

	A. 20
	B. 100
	C. 300
	D. 500

4. How many years ago did Nigersaurus live?

	A. 300 million years ago
	B. 110 million years ago
	C. 110,000 years ago
	D. I saw one yesterday

5. The bones of Nigersaurus are particularly remarkable because:

	A. They are large and thick.
	B. They are dark brown in color.
	C. They are thin and fragile.
	D. They are heavy.

6. Nigersaurus might have encountered all of these animals EXCEPT…

	A. Sarcosuchus “SuperCroc”
	B. Suchomimus
	C. Ouranasaurus
	D. Diplodocus

7. Tooth replacement in Nigersaurus is most similar to tooth replacement in:

	A. an elephant
	B. a human
	C. a shark
	D. a hummingbird

8. Nigersaurus is named for:

	A. a continent and a famous writer
	B. a country and a scientist
	C. a city and a type of flower
	D. a desert and a rock-and-roll band

9. Evidence from a cast of Nigersaurus’ braincase suggests:

	A. Nigersaurus spent most of its time with its face pointed to the ground.
	B. Nigersaurus was the first dinosaur to eat meat.
	C. Nigersaurus was not good at avoiding predators.
	D. Nigersaurus was a lot smarter than the average sauropod.

10. Casts (or replicas) of the fossils discovered in Niger were used to reconstruct Nigersaurus. Scientists could not use the real fossils of Nigersaurus to assemble a complete model because:

	A. Some of the fossils were too thin and fragile
	B. Some of the fossils were broken
	C. Not all of the fossils were found
	D. All of the above