DINOSAURS
Dinosaurs are amazing creatures. They used to rule our earth until a meteorite struck earth making smoke and dust go into the air. This started to block the sun which made all the plants die and made the earth colder which the dinos could not survive in. Since there were no plants, the plant-eaters began to starve to death. When there were no more plant-eaters the carnivores starved to death as well. But luckily the mammals survived the cold and some of them could hibernate and had smaller appetites, and that is how the dinos became extinct.





Find the Dinosaur words from the bottom in the Dinosaur word search grid. The words can be forwards or backwards, vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. Circle each letter separately, but keep in mind that letters in each Dinosaur word may be used in more than one word.
When the Dinosaur word search puzzle is complete, read the remaining letters left to right, top to bottom, to learn an interesting Dinosaur fact.

Dinosaur Word Search Puzzle

D E R E C T S T A N C E I N O
S R C A R N I V O R E T A U R
F O S S I L S E X T I S N S C
T V I O N R U A S O N I D U W
C I S S A I R T A S D G U O E
T B O C A R E C I O Z O S E M
P R E H I S T O R I C L L C I
M E A R A P T O R D T O E A J
C H H A N C G E A O F T T T U
I G U A N O D O N P E N R E R
T H E I X S A U R O P O D R A
I M T E L I T P E R P E A C S
C X R L A N D D W E L L E R S
E T T O F A M E T H E A O R I
I T T R I C E R A T O P S E C


CARNIVORE MESOZOIC ERA
CRETACEOUS PALEONTOLOGIST
DINOSAUR PREHISTORIC
ERECT STANCE RAPTOR
EXTINCT REPTILE
FOSSILS SAUROPOD
HERBIVORE THEROPOD
IGUANODON T-REX
JURASSIC TRIASSIC
LAND DWELLERS TRICERATOPS