Stegosaurus Fun Facts Quiz

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Sources

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/facts/stegosaurus

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/stegosaurus.html

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Stegosaurus/390092

Test your knowledge about Stegosaurus with these surprising facts that you probably didn't know!

1. How long ago did Stegosaurus live?

155 to 145 million years ago

68 to 65.5 million years ago

250 to 200 million years ago

100 to 50 million years ago

2. What was the primary diet of Stegosaurus?

Plant-eating

Meat-eating

Omnivorous

Fish-eating

3. Who named the Stegosaurus?

Othniel Charles Marsh

Charles Darwin

Richard Owen

Mary Anning

4. What was the distinctive feature of Stegosaurus?

Double row of kite-shaped plates

Three-horned face

Crest on its head

Wings with feathers

5. Where was Stegosaurus primarily found?

Western North America

Eastern Asia

Southern Africa

Northern Europe

6. Which period did the Stegosaurus belong to?

Upper Jurassic

Lower Cretaceous

Triassic

Permian

7. What is the estimated length of Stegosaurus?

Up to 12 meters

Up to 20 meters

Up to 5 meters

Up to 15 meters

8. Which state has Stegosaurus as its state dinosaur?

Colorado

Texas

California

Utah

9. What was the primary function of Stegosaurus’s tail spikes?

Defensive weapon

Navigating water

Mating display

Digging for food

10. How many different skeleton fossils of Stegosaurus armatus have been discovered?

Over thirty

Less than ten

Over a hundred

Around fifty

11. What is unique about the plates of Stegosaurus?

They possibly helped regulate temperature

They were covered with feathers

They had poisonous spikes

They were used for flying

12. Where were the first fossils of Stegosaurus found?

Morrison, Colorado

Cambridge, England

Sichuan, China

New South Wales, Australia

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