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Discovering Dinosaurs
Why is it harder to find older fossils than new ones?
What is a fossil?
Discovering Dinosaurs
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What is a fossil?
With close attention or care
A member of a group of reptiles that lived long ago
Something left from a living thing that was preserved in some way
A person who works in or studies one or more fields of science
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Why is it harder to find older fossils than new ones?
Older fossils are deeper in the ground.
Older fossils are bigger than new ones.
Old fossils are fragile and fall apart.
Older fossils are in the top layers of rock.
3
True or False:
I will study for my comprehension and vocabulary tests tomorrow!!
True
False
4
True or False:
All dinosaurs had only 2 legs.
True
False
5
Which of the following statements is an opinion?
Many dinosaurs had hundreds of bones.
Some dinosaur bones may be bigger than those of animals alive today.
Scientists have found many different kinds of dinosaur fossils.
Dinosaurs are the most fascinating creatures to ever walk the Earth.
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What are fossils typically found on?
The ground
Trees
Rocks
Dirt
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True or False:
Scientists can just throw the fossils in a pile when they dig them up to take them to the museum.
False
True
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What is a museum?
A member of a group of reptiles that lived long ago
A building used to store and show things that are important
A person who works in or studies one or more fields of science
Something left from a living thing that was preserved in some way
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What does examine mean?
To workout at the gym
No longer in existence; completely wiped out
A building used to store and show things that are important
To look at something carefully to learn more about it
10
True or False:
Some pieces of a skeleton might be missing.
True
False
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Finish the sentence:
I pour juice _______ so I will not spill it.
Scientist
Carefully
Museum
Skeleton
12
True or False:
All dinosaurs only have sharp teeth.
True
False
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When scientist study fossil footprints, what can they figure out?
How scary the dinosaur was
What type of dinosaurs footprints they are
How fast dinosaurs moved
How much dinosaurs eat
14
True or False:
Some dinosaurs may have sat on their eggs like many birds do.
False
True
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What do scientists do right after digging up fossils?
Put the bones back together to create a full skeleton
Decide if they want to put them in a museum or not
Wrap them up to keep them safe
Put them on a plane to bring them to the United States
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What is the main idea of
Discovering Dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago.
Scientists can estimate the age of dinosaur fossils.
The oldest dinosaur lived around 230 million years ago.
Studying fossils helps scientists understand more about dinosaurs.
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What animals skeleton is compared to a dinosaurs skeleton in the book?
Mammoth
Ostirch
Horse
Elephant
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What do other fossils help scientists learn?
How many other animals there are
What the weather was like back then
It helps them learn about other animal skeletons
What Earth was like when dinosaurs lived here
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How did the flat teeth of some dinosaurs help them eat food?
Flat teeth helped them pull the seeds out of fruit.
Flat teeth helped them crush bones.
Flat teeth helped them tear through meat.
Flat teeth helped them grind their food.
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Why did the author write this story?
To persuade
There is no reason
To inform
To entertain
