Life Science: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals 생명과학: 공룡과 선사시대 동물 영영풀이

[Life Science: Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals 생명과학: 공룡과 선사시대 동물 영영풀이]

 

bones

noun : the hard parts of a body that give it shape

dinosaur

noun : a member of a group of reptiles that lived long ago

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 armor

noun : any kind of protective covering

bill

noun : a bird's beak, or mouth

Brontosaurus

noun : a large, long-necked dinosaur, also known as Apatosaurus

carnivore

noun : an animal that only eats meat

crest

noun : a showy group of feathers or hair at the top of an animal’s head

dinosaur

noun : a large group of reptiles that roamed Earth until they became extinct over 65 million years ago

equator

noun : an imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles

era

noun : a large division of time in Earth's history

extinct

adjective : no longer in existence; completely wiped out

foliage

noun : plant leaves

fossil

noun : the remains of a plant or animal that turned to stone over time

habitat

noun : the natural environment of a plant or animal

handle

verb : to use a hand to touch, hold, or move something

herbivore

noun : an animal that only eats plants

jaws

noun : the mouth of a toothed animal, especially a dangerous one

mammal

noun : a warm-blooded animal with a backbone and hair or fur that nurses its young and has babies that are born live

mastodon

noun : an extinct North American relative of elephants

omnivore

noun : an animal that eats both plants and animals

paleontologist

noun : a person who studies plant and animal fossils

paleontology

noun : the study of plant and animal fossils

predator

noun : an animal that hunts and eats other animals to survive

prehistoric

adjective : of or relating to the time before recorded or written history

prey

noun : an animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator

pterodactyl

noun : an extinct flying reptile

remains

noun : the material that is left after an organism dies or after something is finished

reptile

noun : a cold-blooded animal with a backbone that is covered with scales or horny plates

saber-toothed tiger

noun : an extinct large cat with huge fangs

skeleton

noun : the framework of bones and cartilage that supports and protects the body of a human or other vertebrate

species

noun : a group of living things that are physically similar and can reproduce

Stegosaurus

noun : a large herbivorous dinosaur with a spiked tail and a row of plates along its spine

terrestrial

adjective : living on the ground

Triceratops

noun : a large, herbivorous dinosaur that had three horns and a curved, bony plate above its neck

Tyrannosaurus rex

noun : a powerful carnivorous dinosaur that walked upright on two legs

woolly mammoth

noun : a large extinct elephant that had a shaggy coat and curved tusks

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 Allosaurus

noun : a large carnivorous dinosaur that walked upright on two legs

Apatosaurus

noun : a huge herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail

Archaeopteryx

noun : the oldest known ancestor of birds

Argentinosaurus

noun : an herbivorous dinosaur that may have been the largest land animal ever to live

Brachiosaur

noun : a large herbivorous dinosaur that had longer front legs than back legs

bromeliad

noun : a tropical plant with fleshy leaves that does not need soil and can live off moisture in the air

buttress

noun : an above-ground root on a rainforest tree that fans out from the trunk to provide support

canopy

noun : the part of a forest where the tops of trees form a dense layer of foliage

Compsognathus

noun : a small carnivorous dinosaur that walked on two legs

Deinonychus

noun : a fast-moving, carnivorous dinosaur that had an extremely large claw on each hind foot

drip tip

noun : a long, pointed tip on a leaf of many rainforest plants that allows water to run off quickly

forest floor

noun : the bottom layer in a rainforest, on the ground

fossil record

noun : the history of life on Earth as recorded in fossils

Mesozoic Era

noun : a time period in Earth's history when dinosaurs were the dominant animals

Microceratops

noun : a tiny herbivorous dinosaur that was about the same size as a rabbit

Ornithomimus

noun : a dinosaur that had a toothless beak, a small head, and a long neck and tail

plesiosaur

noun : a large, extinct marine reptile with a long neck and small head

Protoceratops

noun : an herbivorous dinosaur that had a neck frill and a parrotlike beak

Theropod

noun : a member of a group of mainly carnivorous dinosaurs that walked upright on two legs

trilobite

noun : a common prehistoric sea animal that was covered with a soft shell

Troodon

noun : a small, intelligent, carnivorous dinosaur that was similar to a bird

tropical forest

noun : a forest in a warm environment with very little temperature change throughout the year

understory

noun : the layer of vegetation in a forest located under the canopy