The Wonderchicken and Its Significance

What is the wonderchicken primarily known for?

• Being the first bird to fly

• Being the largest dinosaur fossil found

• Linking the age of dinosaurs to modern birds

• Having the longest wingspan of any bird

What event is marked by the K-T boundary?

• The impact of a meteorite or comet that ended the Cretaceous period

• The extinction of the woolly mammoth

• The beginning of the Jurassic period

• The first appearance of mammals

What technology did Daniel and his team use to study the wonderchicken fossil?

• Ultrasound

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

• Computed Tomography (CT)

• Electron Microscopy

Which bone in the wonderchicken's skull suggests a similarity to modern ducks?

• The premaxilla

• The frontal bone

• The occipital bone

• The mandible

What is the significance of the premaxilla bone in the wonderchicken?

• It indicates the bird's ability to fly

• It suggests the bird's habitat

• It shows the bird's diet

• It confirms the bird as a modern species

What does the discovery of the wonderchicken suggest about the coexistence of birds and dinosaurs?

• Modern birds and dinosaurs like T. rex coexisted

• Birds and dinosaurs never coexisted

• Dinosaurs evolved from birds

• Birds evolved long after dinosaurs went extinct

What phenomenon might explain the wonderchicken's survival of the mass extinction?

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Lilliput Effect

• The Doppler Effect

• The Butterfly Effect

What does the Lilliput Effect suggest about species survival?

• Species that can fly are more likely to survive

• Species with specialized diets are more likely to survive

• Larger species are more likely to survive

• Smaller-bodied species with lower metabolic needs are more likely to survive

What is the genus name given to the wonderchicken?

• Pterodactylus

• Gallus

• Asteriornis

• Archaeopteryx

What is a potential reason for the wonderchicken's survival during the mass extinction?

• Its specialized hunting skills

• Its ability to fly long distances

• Its large size

• Its generalist diet