Dinosaurs: Maiasaura

1. What does the name Maiasaura mean?

Reptile parent

Mother reptile

Good mother lizard

Protective lizard

2. Where did Maisaura live?

In what is now Montana

In what is now Mt. Everest

In what is now France

In what is now Peru

3. When did Maisaura live?

About 80 million to 70 million years ago

Maisaura is still alive today

About 100 million to 90 million years ago

About 120 million to 115 million years ago

4. Maiasaura was a hadrosaur. What are hadrosaurs also called?

Bird-legged dinosaurs

Duck-faced dinosaurs

Reptile-armed dinosaurs

Duck-billed dinosaurs

5. Which of the following is true of the herds Maiasaura lived in?

They probably contained millions of individuals

They probably migrated with the seasons

They probably hunted for other animals together

All of the above

6. What is one reason scientists think sauropods abandoned their eggs after laying them?

Sauropods were allergic to eggs

Sauropods were so big they would have crushed their young

Sauropods were predators and would have eaten their own eggs

Sauropod eggs faced no threats from predators

7. Which of the following dinosaurs do scientists think cared for their young to at least some significant degree?

Oviraptor

Psittacosaurus

Maiasaura

All of the above

8. What was one form of defense that Maisaura relied on?

Armor plates

Strength in numbers

A powerful bite

A club tail

9. True or False. Most modern-day reptiles provide a great deal of care for their young.

True

False

10. True or False. Newborn Maisaura were probably unable to walk.

True

False