Time of the Dinosaurs facts

What do you know about the time of the dinosaurs?

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Question	Answer
In what era did dinosaurs roam the earth?	Mesozoic
What was the first period that dinosaurs roamed the earth?	Triassic
What was the middle period? (Hint: has a famous movie named after it)	Jurassic
What was the final period in which dinosaurs lived?	Cretaceous
What extinction occurred prior to dinosaurs evolving?	end-Permian
What percent of marine species are thought to have gone extinct due to the above?	90%
Another type of reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs were:	lizards, turtles, crocodiles
Name the "Lizard King" that lived during the final dinosaur period	T-rex
What continent did the first dinosaurs live on?	Pangaea

Question	Answer
What is the main classification used to decide if a creature was a dinosaur?	Hip structure
Did carnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs develop first?	Carnivorous
What is the name of the extinction event linked to the death of dinosaurs?	K-T
Where is the site of an asteroid impact that contributed to the above?	Yucatan peninsula
What is another name for the Mesozoic? The age of _____	Reptiles
Name of the supercontinent beginning with an L that formed during the mid Mesozoic?	Laurasia
What group of dinosaurs had "lizard-hips"?	Saurischia
How long (roughly) was the Mesozoic era?	180 million years
Was the earth warmer or colder compared to now during this time?	warmer