Outline Cameron

The Dinosaurs way of life is cool and important because they are built like no other animal unless you combine two animals, it had a lot to do with earths history, and that they are still a mystery where we haven't found all of them all yet. Everyone thinks we know everything about dinosaurs but we don't.

Format for Outline

I. IntroductionBegan interest in dinosaurs in 8th grade, thought they were important to our planet.

A. Background (give us some interesting background information about your topic)

1. Interesting bit #1:Dinosaurs were around approximately 230 million years ago
2. Interesting bit #2:Dinosaurs resemble some animals still alive today.
3. Interesting bit #3:The dinosaurs environment was affected by land movement.

B. Thesis Statement:The Dinosaurs way of life is cool and important because they are built like no other animal unless you combine two animals, it had a lot to do with earths history, and that they are still a mystery where we haven't found all of them all yet. Everyone thinks we know everything about dinosaurs but we don't.

II. First subtopic:How earth affected the dinosaurs way of life

A. First Point:change in Pangaea

1. supporting evidence #1:When the dinosaurs were together they relied on each other for certain things and as a group could find food way easier.
2. supporting evidence #2:Some dinosaurs fed off of other dinosaurs for food like the T-Rex who is a carnivore.

B. Second Point:Separation

1. supporting evidence #1:When Pangaea split into smaller areas the dinosaurs had no access to their old land where they knew where everything was and they panicked and it led to some of them dieing off.
2. supporting evidence #2:The separation of Pangaea also makes it hard for researchers to find bones and remains from them because they are scattered around the world.

II. Second subtopic:What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur

A. First Point:bone structure

1. supporting evidence #1:The dinosaurs may be a broad sounding name but they are very specific, their bone structure is only in this family only certain reptiles have different bone structure
2. supporting evidence#2:Their bone structure compares to several animals including types of birds living today

B. Second Point:similar to lizards and other kinds of reptiles

1. supporting evidence #1:The alligators are the closest reptile to the most ancient dinosaurs, their claws are in the same placement and their spine is in the same position in the body.
2. supporting evidence #2:

IV. Third subtopic:areas for debate

A. First point:The T-Rex

1. supporting evidence #1:The T-Rex has different shaped feet the the other dinosaurs, the T-Rex runs on its toes
2. supporting evidence #2:The T-Rex is one of few carnivores of all dinosaurs, most are actually omnivorous

B. Second Point:some fish were considered dinosaurs

1. supporting evidence #1:Mosasaurs were prehistoric fish that also linked to other fish that are living

V. Conclusion: A restatement of the main points of your paper:

A. 1st Point:Dinosaurs were around 230 million years ago

B. 2nd Point:Dinosaurs resemble animals that are still living today

C. 3rd point: The Dinosaurs environment was affected by land movement

D. Interesting Ending: