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Mary Anning - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

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A #reading comprehension based on Kate Pankhurst's book.

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1
What are bezoar stones?
Fossiled dinosaur eggs
Fossiled dinosaur toes
Fossiled dinosaur teeth
Fossiled dinosaur poo
2
How did Mary Anning's family earn a living?
By selling fossils to tourists
As scientists
By digging for bones
By walking dogs
3
What is a paleontologist?
a scientist who studies dinosaurs
a type of dinosaur
something used to dig up fossils
a female scientist
4
Why did nobody ever mention Mary's hard work?
Because Mary only dug up bones.
Because she wanted to keep her discoveries secret.
Because she was a poor woman who had never been to school
Because they thought she was crazy
5
Which dinosaur skeleton was discovered in 1812?
Ichthyosaur
Pterosaur
Plesiosaur
Monstersaur
6
Mary Anning walked in the footsteps of...
dinosaurs
the beach
her parents
fossils
7
Which dinosaur skeleton was measured as five metres long?
Plesiosaur
Ichthyosaur
Pterosaur
T-Rex
8
Why are the words 'FIVE METRES' written in capital letters
Because it was a sea creature
Because measurements are always written in capital letters
To emphasise the length of the dinosaur skeleton
To tell us how tall Mary Anning was.
9
In 1799, most people believed that...
fossils were made of poo.
the world was millions of years old.
Mary Anning was stupid.
the world was thousands of years old.
10
When was Mary Anning born?
1812
1799
1820
1828