Meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs
This task is about using evidence to make inferences about dinosaurs.
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Use the images and the features in the table to help you decide whether the dinosaur was a meat- or plant-eater, and why you think that.
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Features meat-eating dinosaurs (carnivores) may have
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Features plant-eating dinosaurs (herbivores) may have |
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Teeth - many sharp teeth for ripping and chewing
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Teeth - flat teeth for slicing and grinding |
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Legs and feet - long feet with pointed claws - a large sharp claw on back feet - able to move on two legs - long slim legs for running
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Legs and feet - flat feet - most move on four legs, some on two - big legs |
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Eyes - eyes face to the front
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Eyes - eyes are at the side of the head |
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Stomach - slim stomach
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Stomach - big round stomach |
| Other features - armour, bony plates, spikes, horns and/or clubbed tails - long necks |