🥚 Hatchling quiz pack
Ages 6–8 · Name: ______________________ · Score: ____ / 15
1. What do we call an animal that eats only plants?
- ☐ A. Carnivore
- ☐ B. Herbivore
- ☐ C. Scavenger
- ☐ D. Piscivore
2. Which of these animals is a dinosaur that is still alive today?
- ☐ A. Crocodile
- ☐ B. Lizard
- ☐ C. Bird
- ☐ D. Frog
3. What is a fossil?
- ☐ A. Remains or traces of ancient life saved in rock
- ☐ B. A shiny crystal
- ☐ C. A dinosaur toy
- ☐ D. A kind of volcano
4. Pteranodon flew through the sky. Was it a dinosaur?
- ☐ A. Yes, it was a flying dinosaur
- ☐ B. No, it was a pterosaur, a cousin of the dinosaurs
- ☐ C. Yes, it was a kind of bird
- ☐ D. No, it was a giant bat
5. What did Tyrannosaurus rex eat?
- ☐ A. Leaves
- ☐ B. Fruit
- ☐ C. Meat from other animals
- ☐ D. Seaweed
6. Which dinosaur had three horns on its face?
- ☐ A. Stegosaurus
- ☐ B. Diplodocus
- ☐ C. Velociraptor
- ☐ D. Triceratops
7. Where did Stegosaurus have its sharp spikes?
- ☐ A. On its tail
- ☐ B. On its nose
- ☐ C. On its feet
- ☐ D. On its tongue
8. Which dinosaurs had super-long necks?
- ☐ A. Ankylosaurs
- ☐ B. Sauropods
- ☐ C. Ceratopsians
- ☐ D. Pachycephalosaurs
9. What do we call a scientist who studies fossils?
- ☐ A. Astronaut
- ☐ B. Chef
- ☐ C. Palaeontologist
- ☐ D. Pilot
10. What do scientists think caused the big dinosaurs to die out?
- ☐ A. A giant asteroid hit Earth
- ☐ B. They all caught a cold
- ☐ C. People hunted them
- ☐ D. They swam away to the sea
11. Did people live at the same time as T. rex?
- ☐ A. Yes, people rode them
- ☐ B. Yes, people kept them as pets
- ☐ C. Only in some countries
- ☐ D. No, T. rex died out millions of years before people
12. Which dinosaur had a heavy club on the end of its tail?
- ☐ A. Brachiosaurus
- ☐ B. Spinosaurus
- ☐ C. Ankylosaurus
- ☐ D. Iguanodon
13. How were baby dinosaurs born?
- ☐ A. They grew from seeds
- ☐ B. They hatched from eggs
- ☐ C. They fell from clouds
- ☐ D. They popped out of rocks
14. What is the name for the long time when dinosaurs lived?
- ☐ A. The Ice Age
- ☐ B. The Stone Age
- ☐ C. The Space Age
- ☐ D. The Mesozoic Era
15. What does a carnivore eat?
- ☐ A. Only plants
- ☐ B. Rocks
- ☐ C. Meat
- ☐ D. Sunshine
Answer key
- B — A herbivore eats plants, like Triceratops munching on ferns and low bushes.
- C — Birds come from small feathered dinosaurs, so every bird is a living dinosaur!
- A — Fossils are bones, teeth, footprints and other signs of living things from long ago, kept safe in rock.
- B — Pteranodon was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived with dinosaurs but belonged to a different branch.
- C — T. rex was a carnivore with huge, strong teeth for biting through meat and bone.
- D — Triceratops means "three-horned face": two long horns above its eyes and one short horn on its nose.
- A — Stegosaurus swung its spiky tail to defend itself from hunters like Allosaurus.
- B — Sauropods like Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus had very long necks for reaching lots of plants.
- C — Palaeontologists dig up and study fossils to find out about life long ago.
- A — A space rock about 10 km wide crashed into Earth 66 million years ago and changed the whole planet.
- D — The big dinosaurs died out about 66 million years ago, and the first humans appeared only about 300,000 years ago.
- C — Ankylosaurus was covered in armour and had a bony tail club it could swing at attackers.
- B — All dinosaurs hatched from eggs, and scientists have found fossil nests full of them.
- D — The Mesozoic Era lasted from about 252 to 66 million years ago, and it is often called the Age of Reptiles.
- C — Carnivores eat meat, which means other animals.