PalQuiz 1

Why have I never thought of this before?

Multiple choice quiz with four options, in honour of the IB Science Paper 1s (the one exam type I genuinely enjoyed)!

Hopefully, I will manage to give at least five to ten new questions every or every second week.

Of course, many of these will be for beginners, others for those who are more well-read on paleontological topics. Maybe, a lot of these names will be completely unfamiliar to you, but you can usually work something out by just thinking of what they might mean! Most scientific terms are made to give an idea of what it means just by the word; a minority, however, seem to be made to do the exact opposite (‘solid solution’ in geology comes readily to mind…).

Just remember that this is all for fun, and what you did not know already, you will learn!

Answers will be published together with the next quiz…

So… test yourself, and enjoy!

1. Which is the most awesome dinosaur ever?

A. Spinosaurus

B. Mosasaurus

C. Brontosaurus

D. All of the above

2. Where did Tyrannosaurus rex live?

A. South America

B. North America

C. Asia

D. Antarctica

3. To which type of animal do these teeth belong?

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(I will give the picture credit with the answers next time!)

A. Theropods

B. Sharks

C. Conodonts

D. Placoderms

4. How many major mass extinction events have there been in the last 500 million years?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

5. Which of the following statements is false?

A. Dinosaurs replaced their teeth continuously throughout their entire lives

B. Dinosaurs were strictly land-living

C. Dinosaurs are birds

D. None of the above