The Badlands Sleuth: Chapter 6 "The Quest for Clues"

1.) Why do Tess and Dr. Forester wait to speak until all of the campers are at the

breakfast table?

(pg 35)

• because they have a special breakfast they want to cook

• because they have some disturbing news to share

• because Dr. Forester wants to announce she has identified the fossils

• because Tess wants to announce that Fossil Camp is canceled

What word does Dr. Forester use to describe people who dig up fossils without

permission or steal from paleontologists' dig sites?

(pg 36)

• unsavory

• unethical

• untrustworthy

• unscrupulous

What is Amy looking for when she encounters a snake?

(pg 37)

• breakfast

• Kristal’s notebook

• tire tracks or boot prints

• ground squirrels and rabbits

Describe how Julian makes the snake go away.

(pg 37)

What has Amy concluded?

(pg 39)

• The fossils they found aren't real.

• The thief is someone at the camp.

• Tess hid the fossils as part of a camp activity.

• The thief will come back tonight.

"Trenching" involves...

(pgs 39-40)

• digging under an exposed fossil to make it look like a mushroom

• prying an exposed fossil out of the ground with a hammer and chisel

• pouring a chemical over the fossil to make the dirt around it dissolve

• breaking a fossil

7.) What does Tess explain about the plaster she puts on the fossil?

( pg 40)

• The campers can draw pictures on the plaster after it hardens.

• The plaster will harden because of a chemical change.

• The plaster will dry because water will evaporate.

• The plaster is very expensive.

According to Tess, what is a clue that a chemical change is taking place?