INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
NAME(S): ___________________
DEBATE “DEATH OF THE
DINOSAURS” Period: ______ Date:______Score_____/20

Sue: A-Z
Dinobase [
SEE
THE DESK REFERENCE PACKET P-17- 24 ]
RESEARCH THE DEATH OF
DINOSAURS(DINODATA) AND PREPARE TO SUPPORT ONE THEORY (VIEW).
(1) GIVE
THE ERA (AND PERIODS) OF DINOSAURS REIGN.
GEOCHRONOLOGY
GEOCHRONOLOGY2
ERA:______________,
_______________, _______________,
______________ 1 PTS ______
(2) BREIFLY LIST THE THEORIES ABOUT HOW (WHY) THE DINOSAURS DIED OUT? 3 PTS
______
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
(3) WHAT
THEORY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT?
_________________ 1 PTS ______
PHYSICAL SCIENCE, EARTH & SPACE, BIOLOGICAL,
ASTEROID, (PLANT) FOOD POISONING
(4) WHAT WAS
THE REASON YOUR GROUP CHOSE THIS THEORY?
______________________________________________________________ 2 PTS
______
(5)DID THE DINOSAUR’S
DIET MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
HERBIVORE,CARNIVORE,OMNIVORE
1 PTS
______
(6) DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE DINOSAUR WAS AN
ORNITHISCHIAN
2
OR
SAURISCHIAN
2? 1 PTS
______
(7) WHAT WAS
THE CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENT LIKE BACK THEN? 1 PTS
______
Paleogeography
2 3
4
5 Ordovician
ZOOMDINOSAURS
(8) GIVE
REASONS WHY SOMEONE SHOULD CONSIDER YOUR POINT OF VIEW (PRO’S)?
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
3 PTS ______
(9)
GIVE REASONS WHY SOMEONE SHOULD NOT
CONSIDER YOUR POINT OF VIEW (CON’S)?
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
_________________,
_________________, _________________, _________________
3 PTS ______
(10)
WERE YOU PERSUADED TO CHANGE YOUR OPINION OF HOW THE DINOSAURS DIED?
YES
NO 1 PTS
______
(11) DID YOU PERSUADE OTHERS TO CHANGE THERE OPINION?
YES NO
1 PTS ______
INCLUDE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT A DIFFERENT THEORY: PROVIDE BRIEF ANSWERS:
1)__________________________________________________
__________________________
2)__________________________________________________
__________________________
2 PTS
______
YOUR TOTAL POINTS: _____/20 PTS