Feathers Before Flight: teacher key

Dinosaurs, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. The first Archaeopteryx fossil was found in Germany. See the feathered dinosaurs, the fossil hunters and the puzzles that are still argued.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where was the first Archaeopteryx fossil found?
   • Colorado
   • Germany (answer)
   • Mexico
2. Which dinosaurs did birds evolve from?
   • Sauropods
   • Pterosaurs
   • Small theropods (answer)
3. Velociraptor had feathers but could not fly. What follows from that?
   • Feathers did not always mean flight (answer)
   • All feathered animals flew
   • Only birds had feathers
4. Who received bones from the Morrison schoolteacher?
   • Owen and Buckland
   • The Alvarezes
   • Marsh and Cope (answer)
5. What does species mean in 'different species'?
   • A fossil bed
   • A kind of living thing (answer)
   • A skull bone

Words

• glide: float without flapping
• theropods: two-legged hunters
• ancestors: early relatives
• species: a kind