Monday, October 17, 2011

Dino Death Pit!


Although dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years, scientists are still learning a lot about them. Read the Kids National Geographic article called Dino Death Pit! and answer the following questions. Remember, You only have 30 minute at this station - work quick and give concise answers. If you have trouble with a question, skip it and then come back to it.

1. In your own words, describe what "quickmud" is.
2. Dinosaurs that lived 230 million years ago were about the size of what animal? (2)
3. Page 3 of the the article talks about a "bizarre toothless meat-eater called a ceratosaur." Why is this dinosaur "bizarre?"
4. How was Guanlong's arms different from the Tyrannosaurus Rex's arms? (5)
5. Would you want to play in "quickmud?" Why?

9 comments:

jamein said...

1 Quick mud is very mushy mud when moistness is made .
2 They were the size if the average German Shepard.
3 It is called a bizzare because it is a relative of the horned dinosaurs.
34 It does not say anything about the the legs only that they are it has two legs and I way’s 165.
5 No because I do not like getting dirty I like being clean not stuck in mud playing .

Tristen said...

1. Quickmud is a mixture of hot molted lava mixed in with water and dirt. Ounce the substances mix it creates a quicksand like substants but even harder to get out of.
2.german sheperds.
3.It was "bizarre" because it's a toothless meat eater how often do you see that.
4.They are diffrent because the t-rexes arms are small and wimpey. But the Guanlong's arms are big and musclar.
5.NO I would not like to play in quickmud I would drown in mud and die. Why would I want to do that.

XAVIER said...

1. Quick mud is like a quicksand

JENEA said...

1.quickmud is a trap.it is a trap for if there enemyies try to come and eat them they sink in quickmud and it is mushy ns saggy.

2.it was about the size of todays german shepherds.

3.it is bizarre because it eats mammals,turtuls,and crocadiles.

4.guanlongs arms are different from tyrannosaurus rex arms because the tyrannosaurus rex arms are wimpy and small,and it uses its teeth to eat prays.and guanlongs arms are big and it uses its teeth and its arms to grab preys.some tyrannosaurus rex uses it arm to attack preys.

5.i wouldnt want o play in quickmud.i wouldnt want to play in quickmud because i could sink. and why do u think they call it quickmud?

i think they call it quickmud because maybe if someone steppes in it they sink VERY FAST!

Myles said...

1 Quick mud is a very mushy mud that kills creature that step in it. 2 They were the size of German Shepard. 3 Its called an bizarre because its an horned dinosaurs.
4 The Guanlong's arms are limb.

noe said...

1.Quickmud is a trap that makes you get sank in and do not let you a escape.
2.They were the size of a german shepards.
3.It was bizarre becuase it ate three animal.
4.It was different beuase it had a strong arm.
5.

andrew said...

1.Quick mud is like quicksand and it`s very mushy.

2.they were the size if the average of a german shepherd.

3.it`s called a bizzare because its relative of the hored dinos.

4.they are different because the t-rexes arms small and wimpy.

Kristian said...

1. Quickmud is ash combined with water to create a mud trap. It is like quicksand.

2.Dinosaurs from 230 million years ago were the size of a German shepherd.

3. The dinosaur is bizzare because
it is a toothless meat eater.

4.Guanlong's arms were different from a Tyrannosaurus Rex's arms because Guanlong's arms were stronger and it probably catches its prey with its arms while the Tyrannosaurus Rex's arms are weak.

5. I wouldn't want to play in quickmud because mud is dirty and I don't like getting dirty.

Abel said...

1.Quickmud is a mixture of ashes from volcanoes,water, and a little bit of dirt.

2.Dinosaurs from 230 million years ago were the size of German Sheperds today.

3.This dinosaur was a bizzare animal because when you think of reptiles, you think of visious reptiles with large teeth.Also because I don't think anyone in this classroom knows how this animal can eat its prey.

4.Guanlong's arms were different because according to the article it says that Guanlong's arms were most likely used to catch its prey.While the Tyrannasauru's arms were really useless. The rex only used its unthinkable jaw and its gargantuant feet.

5.I would shant play in quickmud because it's most likely that I will die in this type of mud. Besides I wouldn't think that anybody would want to die that way. At least I think so.