Fourth-grade creationist science quiz: Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago — False
(See Part 2 below)
The following fourth grade science quiz for a unit called “Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel” has been making the rounds on Facebook and elsewhere on the Internet, and it turns out it is real.
According to snopes.com, the quiz was given at a private religious school in South Carolina. You can read here the whole item.
Here’s one question and correct answer written in:
Q) The next time someone says the earth is billions (or millions) of years old, what
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