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Advanced Activities: Ancient Flyers

1.	What is the name of the ancient flyers? (Check the correct answer.)
	Ptarmigan Pterosaur Dinosaur Ptolemaic All of the above

2.	How long ago did dinosaurs live? (Check the correct answer.)
	1030 to 230 million years ago. 230 to 65 million years ago. 65 million to 3000 years ago. 1030 to 3000 years ago.

3.	What is the name of an early bird? (Check the correct answer.)
	Archaeology Archipelago Archimandrite Archaeopteryx

4.	What does pterosaur mean? (Choose more than one.)
	Winged Finger Flying Dinosaur Flying Lizard Flying Fingers Winged Lizard

5.	Pterodactyl has a simple meaning. What is it?.
	Winged Finger Flying Dinosaur Flying Lizard Flying Fingers Winged Lizard

6.	Most pterosaurs were the size of? (Select two.)
	A DC-3 Aircraft A chicken A raven A flamingo A hummingbird

7.	What is the name of the largest pterosaur? (Check the correct answer.)
	Rhamphorhynchoidea Quatrefoil Quetzalcoatlus Pterodactyloidea

8.	What was the tail like in shape on the pterosaurs? (Choose the correct answer.)
	A DC-3 aircraft A kite like structure An elevator and rudder A delta shaped wing

9.	How was the tail of the pterosaurs used? (Select two.)
	It may have acted like a winglet. It may have acted as a rudder. It may have acted as a propeller. It helped to balance the creature in flight. It may have acted as an airbrake.

10.	At the end of the dinosaur period, the pterosaurs changed in size. What was that size? Large or small?
	Large Small

11.	What did both kinds of pterosaurs have in common? (Check the correct answer.)
	They flew. They both had long tails. They both had short tails. They both had feathers on their wings.

12.	Who are the descendents of these ancient flyers? (Check the correct answer.)
	Gliding Lizards Birds Flying Squirrels Flying Fish

13.	The shape of the wing of pterosaurs is like bats and birds. How is the shape of the pterosaurs made? (Check the correct answers.)
	A flattened semi-circular curve where the upper and lower surface follow the same shape. With membrane type wings similar to bats, but longer and narrower like a bird's wing. Both of the above.

14.	Did the pterosaurs have short or long body shapes?
	Long Short

15.	Was the head of the pterosaurs long or short?
	Long Short

16.	Check all that apply to the bones of the pterosaurs.
	Hollow. The pterosaur had no bones, only cartilage. Very brittle. Reinforced in areas of stress points. Very solid and hard. Light.

17.	What are the 2 kinds of flying the pterosaurs did?
	and

18.	What were the muscles of the pterosaurs like? (Check the correct answer.)
	They had powerful muscles. Similar and as complex as birds. Similar and as complex as bats. All of the above.

19.	What were the bodies of the pterosaur covered with? (Check the correct answers.)
	A feather-like covering. A fur-like covering. Bare membrane. Human-like hair.

20.	What were the wings of the pterosaur covered with? (Check the correct answer.)
	Feathers. Scales. Fur. Bare Membrane.

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