Dinosaurs October 18, 2005 Jennifer Catron. VA SOL: Living Systems 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic.

DinosaursDinosaurs

October 18, 2005October 18, 2005

Jennifer CatronJennifer Catron

VA SOL: Living SystemsVA SOL: Living Systems

3.5 The student will investigate and 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains .food chains .

a) producer, consumer, decomposera) producer, consumer, decomposer b) herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, b) herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,

andand c) predator and preyc) predator and prey

What do we know about What do we know about dinosaurs?dinosaurs?

Were they big or small?Were they big or small? Did people see real dinosaurs?Did people see real dinosaurs? Are there still dinosaurs around today?Are there still dinosaurs around today? When were dinosaurs here?When were dinosaurs here?

FossilsFossils

We know about We know about dinosaurs because dinosaurs because we found we found fossilsfossils in in the earth.the earth.

Scientists who Scientists who study fossils to study fossils to learn about learn about dinosaurs are dinosaurs are called called paleontologistspaleontologists..

What fossils tell us about What fossils tell us about Dinosaurs.Dinosaurs.

Plant eatersPlant eaters

Some dinosaurs Some dinosaurs ate plants, even ate plants, even though they were though they were very big.very big.

Plant eaters did not Plant eaters did not eat other eat other dinosaurs, and dinosaurs, and were were preyprey for for meat eaters.meat eaters.

triceratopstriceratops

Plant eaterPlant eater Twice as large as a Twice as large as a

rhinocerosrhinoceros Three-horns on its Three-horns on its

headhead Large headLarge head Small mouthSmall mouth

Meat eatersMeat eaters

Some dinosaurs Some dinosaurs were called were called predatorspredators because they ate because they ate other dinosaurs.other dinosaurs.

T-Rex was the T-Rex was the largest meat eater.largest meat eater.

T-RexT-Rex

King of the King of the DinosaursDinosaurs

Meat eaterMeat eater PredatorPredator Large headLarge head Large mouthLarge mouth Large teethLarge teeth

Were Dinosaurs….Were Dinosaurs….

Mammals?Mammals?

Did they have hair?Did they have hair? Did they feed their babies milk?Did they feed their babies milk? Did they have live births?Did they have live births?

Or were DinosaursOr were Dinosaurs

Reptiles?Reptiles?

Did they lay eggs?Did they lay eggs? Did they have skin Did they have skin

like lizards and like lizards and alligators?alligators?

Where are the dinosaurs?Where are the dinosaurs?

extinctextinct

What do we know about the What do we know about the Dinosaurs?Dinosaurs?

Works CitedWorks Cited When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Discovery Channel When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Discovery Channel

School. 2002. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 School. 2002. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 < http://www.unitedstreaming.com/> (clip < http://www.unitedstreaming.com/> (clip Dinoprofile: Triceratops)Dinoprofile: Triceratops)

When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Discovery Channel When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Discovery Channel School. 2002. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 School. 2002. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 < http://unitedstreaming.com/> (clip Dinoprofile: T-< http://unitedstreaming.com/> (clip Dinoprofile: T-Rex)Rex)

Where did they Go?: A Dinosaur Update. Rainbow Where did they Go?: A Dinosaur Update. Rainbow Educational Media. 1987. unitedstreaming. 20 Educational Media. 1987. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 http://unitedstreaming.com/ (clip Why November 2005 http://unitedstreaming.com/ (clip Why They Became Extinct)They Became Extinct)

Exploring Dinosaurs. United Learning. 1992. Exploring Dinosaurs. United Learning. 1992. unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 unitedstreaming. 20 November 2005 http://www:unitedstreaming.com/> (clip Fossils)http://www:unitedstreaming.com/> (clip Fossils)