BSC1005 Exam 4 Questions and Answers
The first written accounts of what turned out to be dinosaur bones came from where? - -
China
-What President is often referred to as the "Founding Father of Paleontology" ? - -Thomas
Jefferson
-What is does the term perforate acetabulae mean? - -A hole in the hips where the
thighbone (i.e. femur attaches)
-What was the "Dinosaur renaissance"? - -An event in the 1960s that led to renewed
interest in dinosaurs
-When was the reign of the "dinosaurs"? - -238 to 65.5 million years ago
-FSU researchers determined the bite force of the American alligator. Those data were
used to model bite forces in giant fossil crocs and ultimately dinosaurs.
What was the value for the alligator? - -3,000 lbs
-The "Loch Ness Monster" is supposed to be a living - -Plesiosaur
-Most dinosaur fossils are found in what kind of rocks? - -Sedimentary
-What is a characteristic that defines Ornithichia? - -Bird-shaped hip bones
-What characterizes a member of the Thyreophora? - -Osteoderms (= skin armor)
-What is an endocast? - -A rock, latex or CT scan copy of the brain
-Why are there so many crazy interpretations of what dinosaurs were doing with their
anatomy, especially for those found long ago? - -Paleontology is a field founded in Geology
-What is sexual dimorphism? - -When the sexes of animals look different
-One of the biggest mysteries with regard to dinosaur biology that Dr. Erickson talked
about is? - -What is the sex of the individual
-What is a dental battery? - -Stacks of interlocked teeth that were regularly replaced
-Why do we know so much about hadrosaurid dinosaurs? - -***All answer choices are
correct
We have found lots of their trackways
We have found lots of their skeletons
We have found mummified remains
The first written accounts of what turned out to be dinosaur bones came from where? - -
China
-What President is often referred to as the "Founding Father of Paleontology" ? - -Thomas
Jefferson
-What is does the term perforate acetabulae mean? - -A hole in the hips where the
thighbone (i.e. femur attaches)
-What was the "Dinosaur renaissance"? - -An event in the 1960s that led to renewed
interest in dinosaurs
-When was the reign of the "dinosaurs"? - -238 to 65.5 million years ago
-FSU researchers determined the bite force of the American alligator. Those data were
used to model bite forces in giant fossil crocs and ultimately dinosaurs.
What was the value for the alligator? - -3,000 lbs
-The "Loch Ness Monster" is supposed to be a living - -Plesiosaur
-Most dinosaur fossils are found in what kind of rocks? - -Sedimentary
-What is a characteristic that defines Ornithichia? - -Bird-shaped hip bones
-What characterizes a member of the Thyreophora? - -Osteoderms (= skin armor)
-What is an endocast? - -A rock, latex or CT scan copy of the brain
-Why are there so many crazy interpretations of what dinosaurs were doing with their
anatomy, especially for those found long ago? - -Paleontology is a field founded in Geology
-What is sexual dimorphism? - -When the sexes of animals look different
-One of the biggest mysteries with regard to dinosaur biology that Dr. Erickson talked
about is? - -What is the sex of the individual
-What is a dental battery? - -Stacks of interlocked teeth that were regularly replaced
-Why do we know so much about hadrosaurid dinosaurs? - -***All answer choices are
correct
We have found lots of their trackways
We have found lots of their skeletons
We have found mummified remains
