Theme Packs for Lower Primary: Dinosaurs

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Cloze Dinosaur is the name given to a kind of reptile that lived of years ago. Dinosaurs lived in the earth's tropical areas. The word 'dinosaur' means '

'. animals to live

Dinosaurs were the

on the earth. Some of the biggest dinosaurs were the Diplodocus, the Apatosaurus and Tyrannosaurus , slow movers.

rex. They were usually

Not all dinosaurs were huge. Compsognathus, the

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smallest dinosaur, was only as big as a and could move very quickly. Dinosaurs were similar to the

of today

because they had the same type of skin. Some dinosaurs ate

and were

called 'herbivores'. Others were meat eaters and were called 'carnivores'. who study dinosaurs are called palaeontologists. They are able to learn about these huge creatures by studying

. Fossils

are the remains of animals or plants found in the rocks of the earth. Dinosaurs are now R.I.C. Publications

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