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How did the two great dinosaur-collecting expeditions of the first half of the twentieth century contribute to our knowledge of dinosaurs?

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How did the two great dinosaur-collecting expeditions of the first half of the twentieth century contribute to our knowledge of dinosaurs?

Chapter 11 Homework

1. Iguanodon was so named because its _____.

a. skull was like an iguana’s

b. teeth were like an iguana’s

c. limbs were like an iguana’s

d. none of the above

 

2. The first North American dinosaurs were described by _____.

a. Richard Owen

b. Joseph Leidy

c. E. D. Cope

d. O. C. Marsh

 

3. The first partial skeleton of a dinosaur discovered in North America was found in _____.

a. New Jersey

b. Wyoming

c. Montana

d. Texas

 

4. The many dinosaur skeletons collected during the great dinosaur rush were primarily studied by _____.

a. Richard Owen

b. Gideon Mantell

c. Joseph Leidy

d. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh

 

5. John Bell Hatcher _____.

a. collected dinosaurs for O. C. Marsh

b. discovered Deinodon

c. worked for E. D. Cope

d. coined the word “heterotherm”

 

6. Two men, _____, collected more dinosaurs than anyone else in history.

a. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh

b. Richard Owen and Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

c. Henry Fairfield Osborn and Charles R. Knight

d. Barnum Brown and Charles H. Sternberg

 

7. The dinosaur art of Zdenek Burian was heavily influenced by the art of _____.

a. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

b. Robert Bakker

c. Robert Fenchel

d. Charles R. Knight

 

 

8. There have been _____ distinct concepts of the dinosaurs during the 170 or so years that they have been studied scientifically.

a. three

b. five

c. two

d. six

 

9. True or False–Ideas about dinosaurs have changed dramatically since the 1820s.

10.True or False– The dinosaur renaissance has not been without its excesses.

 

Key Terms:

Directions: While you read chapter 11 you will need to define the following terms:

11. Dinosaur renaissance

12. Dinosauria

13. Gobi Desert

14. “Great dinosaur rush”

15. Polish-Mongolian Paleontological Expeditions

Short Answer Questions:

16. What were the first dinosaurs described in Europe? In North America? Who described them?

17. Who introduced the term “Dinosauria,” and what does it mean?

18. What provided the basis for the Owen-Waterhouse dinosaur sculptures?

19. How did the “great dinosaur rush” influence scientific understanding of dinosaurs?

20. What was the early twentieth century scientific image of dinosaurs, and why did that image remain unchanged until the 1970s?

21. How did the two great dinosaur-collecting expeditions of the first half of the twentieth century contribute to our knowledge of dinosaurs?

22. What is the current concept of dinosaurs, and what is it based on?

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