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Quiz about Prehistory II Fantastic Animals

Prehistory II: Fantastic Animals Quiz

Jurassic Park was famous for the animals it brought to life. The film was fun, but what do you really know about these extinct animals?

A multiple-choice quiz by RioBR. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
RioBR

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
284,436

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What animal was very well equipped against cold weather?
Hint

Saber Tooth Cat

Columbian Mammoth

American Lion

Woolly Mammoth

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what period did the Trilobites first appear?
Hint

Silurian

Precambrian

Cambrian period

Ordovician

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Carboniferous period is known for the emergence of what animal(s)?
Hint

Raptors

Mammals

Plathelmints

Snakes and salamanders

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what period did Trilobites and other marine groups become extinct?
Hint

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Triassic

Permian period

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the ancestor for the most modern reptiles?
Hint

Stenopterygius

Devonian

Diapsid

Ceratosaurus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which period saw the rise of dinosaurs?
Hint

Tertiary

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Triassic period

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Question 7 of 10

7. We all know that the human race never lived together with dinosaurs. Knowing that, in which era did the Homo habilis live?
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Primozoic

Paleozoic

Cenozoic

Mesozoic

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Question 8 of 10

8. Into how many epochs is the Tertiary period divided?
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Question 9 of 10

9. In which period did the first type of dogs appear?
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Cretaceous

Triassic

Tertiary period

Jurassic

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which kinds of dinosaurs emerged in the Cretaceous period? Hint

Horned dinosaurs

Sea dinosaurs

Winged dinosaurs

Glacial dinosaurs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What animal was very well equipped against cold weather?

Answer: Woolly Mammoth

Woolly Mammoth was a cold climate dweller equipped with a thick layer of fat for insulation, and an exterior of long black hair.

2. In what period did the Trilobites first appear?

Answer: Cambrian period

The Cambrian period of the Paleozoic era was characterized by a diverse new creatures in the seas. The Trilobites emerged in this period and continued right through to the end of the Permian era.

3. The Carboniferous period is known for the emergence of what animal(s)?

Answer: Snakes and salamanders

Large amphibians could also live on land at this time, and sharks existed in abundance.

4. In what period did Trilobites and other marine groups become extinct?

Answer: Permian period

This period is characterized as the end of the Paleozoic era and marked great changes in Earth�s climate and appearance. The Trilobites and marine groups were extinct by this time.

5. What was the ancestor for the most modern reptiles?

Answer: Diapsid

It abounded in the Permian period. It was considered the ancestor of the dinosaurs as well as pterosaurs and crocodiles.

6. Which period saw the rise of dinosaurs?

Answer: Triassic period

In this era, Pterosaurs, frogs and turtles appeared for the first time as well as many small mammals.

7. We all know that the human race never lived together with dinosaurs. Knowing that, in which era did the Homo habilis live?

Answer: Cenozoic

He lived in the Quaternary period that was the last period of the Cenozoic era.

8. Into how many epochs is the Tertiary period divided?

Answer: 5

The names of each epoch are: Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene. Mammals diversified during this time.

9. In which period did the first type of dogs appear?

Answer: Tertiary period

Dogs and men live together in a good relationship for a long time and their domestication by man dates back to the Pleistocene/Holocene epochs.

10. Which kinds of dinosaurs emerged in the Cretaceous period?

Answer: Horned dinosaurs

The Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era may have seen more dinosaurs than ever before and the horned dinosaurs appeared in this period.

Source: Author RioBR

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