The Badlands Sleuth: Chapter 5 "Sketches and Secrets"

How does Felix eat his cereal in the morning?

(pg 29)

• with water instead of milk

• with a fork instead of a spoon

• with chocolate milk instead of regular milk

• with lots of different fruits and nuts heaped on top of it

Tess explains that Felix's cereal is a mixture because...

(pg 29)

• Felix mixed his cereal around with a spoon.

• The things in Felix's cereal bowl can be separated again.

• Felix tossed his cereal into a blender to make a milkshake.

• The things in Felix's cereal bowl are all small.

According to Tess, what happens to sugar in tea?

(pg 30)

• The sugar dissolves, but it could be separated again by evaporation.

• The sugar dissolves, and it can never be separated again.

• The sugar makes all of the water in the tea disappear.

• The sugar disappears completely.

From their shape and texture, Dr. Forester thinks the fossils they found are

from...

(pg 30)

• a large dinosaur

• a large fish

• a small dinosaur

• a small fish

Describe how Dr. Forester reacts to Kristal's sketches of the fossils.

(pg 31)

Amy was telling Matt bout Daria being out late the night before and Matt described Daria's behavior as being SUSPICIOUS. Which is more likely to describe the way Daria acted?

(pg 31)

• She was acting in a dishonest way

• She was acting in an honest way

What odd thing did Matt notice about Felix's backpack?

(pg 31)

According to Tess, how did Achy-Breaky's bones become fossilized?

( pg 33)

• through astronomy

• through botany

• through sociology

• through chemistry

How does Amy create a mixture?

(pg 34)

• by making a pile of many different kinds of rocks

• by washing her hands and arms in water

• by mixing popcorn and peanuts together

• by putting sugar into a pitcher of lemonade

According to Dr. Forester, how do paleontologists preserve delicate fossils?

(pg 34)

• by sealing them in glass jars

• by placing them in boxes with lots of tissue paper

• by painting them with a sort of glue called consolidant

• by putting them back in the ground