Speed Food It could trot at It was a leaf eater It ate soft leaves, ferns and bushes 15 to 20 km/h Brain It had a brain the size of a walnut It had a second brain to work the hind legs and tail Teeth It had long narrow jaws and short teeth which were no good for tough plants Armour It had broad plates on its back It had a strong tail with sharp spikes Blood vessels The plates could flush red with blood They were used for cooling The tail could give a meat eater a slash up to a metre long One row of plates or two? Palaeontologists are not sure Circle the correct answer: 1) Scientists who dig up dinosaur bones are called a archaeologists b anthropologists c palaeontologists 3) 2) A stegosaurus eats a meat b trees The plates on its back were used for a heating b fighting Join the word or phrase to one with a similar meaning: c cooling trot wide hind legs points flush back legs armour turn red spikes hard to chew broad cut tough run slash protection c leaves Answer these questions: How many brains did a stegosaurus have? How big was its brain? What was the second brain for? What were its jaws like? What were its teeth like? What was its tail like? How fast could it ANSWER KEY move? Circle the correct answer: 1) Scientists who dig up dinosaur bones are called a archaeologists b anthropologists c palaeontologists 2) A stegosaurus eats a leaves b meat c trees 4) The plates on its back were used for a heating b cooling c fighting Join the word or phrase to one with a similar meaning: trot wide hind legs points flush back legs armour turn red spikes hard to chew broad cut tough run slash protection Answer these questions: How many brains did a stegosaurus have? It had two brains How big was its brain? It was the size of a walnut What was the second brain for? It was for the hind legs and tail What were its jaws like? Its jaws were long and narrow What were its teeth like? Its teeth were short What was its tail like? Its tail was strong with sharp points How fast could it move? It could trot at 15 to 20 km/h