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Dinosaurs Big and Small: teacher key

Dinosaurs, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Dinosaurs came in many sizes and shapes, and birds are dinosaurs that are alive today. Meet Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and more, and learn which animals were not dinosaurs.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. How many horns did Triceratops have?
    • One
    • Three (answer)
    • Ten
  2. What did Spinosaurus eat?
    • Plants
    • Rocks
    • Fish (answer)
  3. Which animal was not a dinosaur?
    • Dimetrodon (answer)
    • Stegosaurus
    • Triceratops
  4. What does snout mean?
    • Spiked tail
    • Long nose (answer)
    • Big tooth
  5. Triceratops had three horns. How many horns did two Triceratops have?
    • Six (answer)
    • Three
    • Five

Words

  • snout: long nose
  • skull: head bones
  • narrow: thin, not wide