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18 Cards in this Set
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what kind of dinos are cold-blooded? (size?)
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sluggish, flabby, lethargic
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what kind of dinos are cold-blooded? (size?)
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Fast, sleek, agile.
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what does Cross sectional Area Method determine?
What else is needed to determine actual weight? |
does- amouunt of weight supported. (equation)
posture and shape. |
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What is the IDEAL method of estimating dino weight?
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Scale Model
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How is Scale Model used?
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1. Must know scale of model
2. vol. of model determined by water 3. vol. multiplied by cube to convert volume 4. vol. is muitiplied by .9kg/liter |
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How does a inderterminate growth grow?
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grow throughout their lives
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how does a determined growth grow?
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to adulthood and stops
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What grows faster: warm blooded or cold? and how much faster?
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warm grow faster by 10x
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Protpceratops- how long does it take for max growth ?
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26-38 years
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how long does it take for a bird/mammal to grow full size?
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3 years
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How can you tell a plat from a meat eater?
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tooth and jaw structure. and teeth.
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What is cannibalism/
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Eating of ones own kind.
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What dino is most commen for Cannibalism? and where found?
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Coelophysis.. found in upper triassic. ghost ranch
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WHat is locomotion?
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movement of an animal
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What does locomotion SKELETONES tell you?
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runners/walkers
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What kind of dinos were solitary hunters?
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Carnosaures
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What kind of dinos were pack hunters?
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dromaesaurids
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What is some evidence for group behavior among dino?
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1, display structure
2. sexual dimorphism(territory) 3. change in shape during growth 4. mass death assemblages 5. nests 6. multiple trackways is same direction |
