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Dinosaurs and the Prehistoric Life

How Can We Learn About Fossils?

How Can We Learn About Fossils?Paleontologists studyfossils to learn fromthem. These fossils may be very old bones, shapes that have beenleft in rocks, or footprints of animals.

LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

How Can We Learn About Fossils?Types of Fossils Very Old BonesShapesFootprintLEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

How Can We Learn About Fossils?How Fossils FormA FOSSIL IS FORMEDA lizard dies.The lizard is covered by sand and mud.The sand and mud become rock.Watch a fossil formation animation!LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

Quiz TimeQuiz Time!What do paleontologists study?

FossilsPeopleWeather

Quiz Time!What do paleontologists study?

FossilsPeopleWeather ResourcesScott Foresman Grade 2 Science Teachers Edition, Volume 1 (2007)Animation - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2901/es2901page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualizationVideo: Real World Science Fossils and Dinosaurs, taken from APT PlusImages taken from the InternetLEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEOWhat Can We Learn From Fossils?Fossils give us clues about the past.Fossils show the size and shape of plants and animals that lived long ago.Many fossils are plants and animals that are extinct.

LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

Quiz TimeQuiz Time!Look at the picture. Which word goes with the picture?

FossilDinosaurPaleontologist

Quiz Time!Look at the picture. Which word goes with the picture?

FossilDinosaurPaleontologist

Quiz Time!What does the word extinct tell about?

What an animal looked like.When the weather on Earth changes over a long time.When a plant or animal disappears from Earth forever.

Quiz Time!What does the word extinct tell about?

What an animal looked like.When the weather on Earth changes over a long time.When a plant or animal disappears from Earth forever.What Were Dinosaurs Like?Fossils give paleontologists clues about what dinosaurs looked like.

Different dinosaurs had different physical features, which allowed them to survive in their environments.LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

What Were Dinosaurs Like?Different Types of DinosaursSome dinosaurs were very big like the Barosaurus.

The Barosaurus was VERY tall!

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What Were Dinosaurs Like?Different Types of DinosaursSome dinosaurs were very small like the Compsognathus.

The Compsognathus was about the same size as a chicken.

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What Were Dinosaurs Like?Different Types of DinosaursSome dinosaurs ate plants like the Iguanodon.

The Iguanodons big, flat teeth helped it chew plants.

LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

What Were Dinosaurs Like?Different Types of DinosaursSome dinosaurs ate other animals like the Dilophosaurus.

The Dilophosaurus caught and ate other dinosaurs!

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What Were Dinosaurs Like?Learning About DinosaursA Triceratops had three horns on its head! The horns may have helped stop other animals from attacking it.

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What Were Dinosaurs Like?Learning About DinosaursWHAT BIG TEETH!

A Tyrannosaurus rex probably used its sharp teeth to eat meat.

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Quiz TimeQuiz Time!What did this dinosaur probably eat?

Fruit Eggs Meat

Quiz Time!What did this dinosaur probably eat?

Fruit Eggs Meat

Quiz Time!What is the name of this dinosaur?

StegosaurusTriceratopsBarosaurus

Quiz Time!What is the name of this dinosaur?

StegosaurusTriceratopsBarosaurus

Quiz Time!What didIguanodons eat?

Eggs Meat Plants

Quiz Time!What didIguanodons eat?

Eggs Meat Plants What Are Some New Discoveries?A long time ago, paleontologists found fossils of an Oviraptor near some eggs. They thought the Oviraptor was stealing the eggs to eat them. Later, another Oviraptor was found sitting on the same kind of eggs. Now, paleontologists think that the Oviraptor was not stealing the eggs, but trying to keep its own eggs safe!

LEARN FROM THE PASTLEARN FROM FOSSILSDINOSAURSNEW DISCOVERIESGLOSSARY 12 RESOURCESVIDEO

Quiz TimeQuiz TimeNEWDISCOVERIESPaleontologistsFoundPaleontologistsThoughtAn Oviraptor near some eggs.The Oviraptor was stealing the eggs to eat them.An Oviraptor sitting on the same kind of eggs.The Oviraptor was protecting its own eggs.What is this chart about?

How Oviraptors find food.How Oviraptors sit on eggs.How paleontologists learned about Oviraptors.

Quiz TimeNEWDISCOVERIESPaleontologistsFoundPaleontologistsThoughtAn Oviraptor near some eggs.The Oviraptor was stealing the eggs to eat them.An Oviraptor sitting on the same kind of eggs.The Oviraptor was protecting its own eggs.What is this chart about?

How Oviraptors find food.How Oviraptors sit on eggs.How paleontologists learned about Oviraptors.