Extreme Dinosaurs

Extreme Dinosaurs

Extreme Dinosaurs
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 8 to 10
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	9.94

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		contender, human-sized, long-necked, omnivore, plant-eater, contenders, long-legged, verification, argentine, bird-like, meat-eaters, herbivore, dubious, long-tailed, speedy, fierce
	content words:		Jurassic Period, Most Extreme Dinosaur, Fastest Dinosaur, Ornithomimid Not, Cretaceous Period, Biggest Dinosaur, Argentinosaurus Measuring, Argentine Lizard, Tallest Dinosaur, Sauroposeidon First

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Extreme Dinosaurs
By Sharon Fabian

¹     If you were asked to list the most "extreme" animals, chances are that you would include dinosaurs somewhere on that list, maybe even at the top. Dinosaurs have the statistics to beat out the competition in a lot of categories. They definitely have size going for them. Dinosaurs also look pretty good in the categories of speed and scariness.

²     If there had been county fairs back in the Jurassic Period, dinosaurs would have walked away with a lot of blue ribbons.

³     Which dinosaur would have won the blue ribbon for "fastest dinosaur?" Which one would have won for "biggest," "tallest," "smartest," or "smallest?" Which dinosaur would have taken the prize for "most ferocious?" Which dinosaur would be awarded the dubious honor of "widest dinosaur?" Let's see what might have happened.

⁴     Here they are -- the winners of the Most Extreme Dinosaur in each category! And the blue ribbon for . . .

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