Dinos in the Dark

Why were scientists surprised to find dinosaur bones near Antarctica?

• They believed dinosaurs could only have survived in warm climates.

• They believed Australia and Antarctica would have had different temperatures.

• They believed dinosaurs migrated away from cold climates.

• They believed all dinosaurs became extinct because of cold weather.

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How does the author tell about the climate of Dinosaur Cove?

• by explaining how dinosaurs had to adapt

• by comparing it to the weather of Alaska

• by identifying differences between its location then and now

• by describing the amount of daylight during different seasons

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What does the word plunged mean in paragraph 5?

• ran toward

• pushed away

• fell suddenly

• walked slowly

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How does the author explain the effect of living at Dinosaur Cove on the dinosaurs?

• by showing that dinosaur fossils were found there by paleontologists

• by showing that dinosaurs of Dinosaur Cove lived on a peninsula and could not migrate

• by describing that dinosaurs were like turtles, snakes, and crocodiles

• by describing that dinosaurs of Dinosaur Cove were the last dinosaurs on Earth

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Which statement from the text explains what helped dinosaurs stay alive in the darkness?

• “In other parts of the world, dinosaurs probably migrated away from the winter’s darkness.”

• “Since these trees didn’t lose their needles in the winter, they were food for the plant-eating dinosaurs.”

• “Big eyes also helped the dinosaurs watch out for predators that would have hunted them.”

• “If dinosaurs were ‘warm-blooded’ like birds, then they could have made their own heat."

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According to the text, why were the dinosaurs in Dinosaur Cove unable to move to a warmer place?

• They lived on an island and could not travel.

• It was too dangerous to migrate

• They did not know about warmer places.

• Warmer places were too far away.

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How does the author show in paragraph 12 that scientists may not have all the information they need?

• by asking a lot of questions

• by talking about the extinction of dinosaurs

• by telling the reader that information is hard to find

• by using a timeline of events

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Which detail supports the main idea?

• that dinosaurs could see in the dark

• that dinosaurs could not swim

• that dinosaurs survived in cold places

• that dinosaurs migrated to warmer places

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