Biography Quiz: Mary Anning

WHEN was Mary Anning born?

• the 1700s

• the 1800s

• England

• the 1900s

WHERE was Mary Anning born?

• Los Angeles, California

• Orange Regis, England

• Lyme Regis, England

• Lemon Regis, England

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CCSS.RI.4.1

What did Mary Anning do with her father during her childhood? (Select ALL right answers)

• Carved soaps to sell to tourists

• Collected "curios" like fossils and seashells to sell to tourists

• Ran a bakery

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CCSS.RI.4.1

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What was Mary Anning's FIRST major discovery?

• The world's largest troglodyte

• A complete pterosaur skeleton

• A complete ichthyosaur skeleton

• A complete plesiosaur skeleton

What field of science did Mary Anning help to found?

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Paleontology

• Ichthyology

Select ALL true statements about Mary Anning:

• Life was challenging for Mary because she was a woman

• Life was challenging for Mary because her family was poor

• Life was challenging for Mary because she didn't go to school

• The townspeople of her hometown celebrated Mary for the work she did.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9A

What does "pterosaur" mean?

• winged fish

• fish lizard

• winged lizard

• lizard fish

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What does "ichthyosaur" mean?

• winged fish

• winged lizard

• fish lizard

• lizard king

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What was the name of Mary's SECOND major discovery, the one with paddle-like flippers? Hint: This friend from Super Mario is based on it!

• Brontosaurus

• Plesiosaur

• Ichthyosaur

• Pterosaur

Who invented the word "dinosaur" that means "terrible lizards" to describe all the animals that paleontologists discovered?

• Richard Owens

• Louis Agassiz

• Henry De la Beche

• Mary Anning