Written in Bone Vocabulary Test

Fill in the blank: An _______ is a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• Archaeologist

• Biologist

• Chemist

• Geologist

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Fill in the blank: A _______ _______ is a person who examines human skeletal remains for law enforcement agencies to help with the recovery of human remains, determine the identity of unidentified human remains, interpret trauma, and estimate time since death.

• Forensic Anthropologist

• Biologist

• Archaeologist

• Pathologist

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Fill in the blank: _______ are objects made by a human being, typically items of cultural or historical interest.

• Artifacts

• Animals

• Plants

• Machines

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

Fill in the blank: _______ is the top two to seven inches of soil where plants have most of their roots.

• Topsoil

• Subsoil

• Bedrock

• Clay

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CCSS.L.7.6

Fill in the blank: _______ is the layer of soil lying directly underneath the topsoil.

• Subsoil

• Bedrock

• Humus

• Clay

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CCSS.W.7.2D

Fill in the blank: _______ _______ are distinct deposits or stains in the soil that indicate past human activity.

• Soil Stains

• Water Marks

• Rock Layers

• Plant Roots

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

Fill in the blank: _______ _______ is a Latin phrase that means "in position."

• In Situ

• Ad Hoc

• Per Se

• De Facto

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4B

Fill in the blank: A _______ is any column of sediment that is left standing while the rest of the archaeological excavation continues around it.

• Pedestal

• Trench

• Pit

• Mound

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

Fill in the blank: _______ means covered in a cloth; typically for burial.

• Shrouded

• Exposed

• Uncovered

• Revealed

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fill in the blank: _______ are the rounded ends or tips of bones that eventually stop growing.

• Epiphyses

• Diaphyses

• Metaphyses

• Periosteum

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CCSS.RI.7.4