Dino - Connections

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Dinosaurs are named for special features that they had.  We can tell what they looked like by breaking apart their names.

don=tooth 
tri=three
saurus=reptile or lizard
mono=one
cera or cerato=horn
mega=big
bronto=thunder
mimus-like
ornitho=bird
psittaco=parrot
lestes=stealer
iguano=iguana
penta=five
cetio=whale


Use these definitions to match the dinosaur to its meaning.


ornithomimus
bird stealer
brontosaurus
big reptile
cetiosaurus
thunder reptile
iguanodon
five horns on the face
pentaceratops
like a bird
psittacosaurus
whale reptile
ceratosaurus
horn reptile
ornitholestes
three horns on the face
megalosaurus
iguana-tooth
triceratops
parrot reptile

Use the definitions to make up your own dinosaur.
Write its name, what it means, and draw its picture using KidPix!