
Homework #1 Fossils 2/24

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English
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3rd - 5th Grade
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Hard
Ebony Butler
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
According to the text, what did Mrs. Lomas take her class to Central Park to be?
paleontologists for the day
science teachers for the day
fossils for thousands of years
dinosaurs for a special program
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What does the author list in the text?
the steps that paleontologists take when looking for fossils
the ways that paleontologists decide if they can use a fossil or not
the different programs and activities for students in Central Park
the different types of fossils that some students found
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Based on the text, how can paleontologists best be described?
Paleontologists use fossils to learn about what the world was like long ago.
Paleontologists only look for fossils in sandboxes in Central Park.
Paleontologists dig up fossils, but they do not study the fossils.
Paleontologists are the only scientists who study the world.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Read these sentences from the text. Fossils are remains of ancient plants and animals. They are found in the earth or in a rock. Some fossils are small, like the outline of a leaf. Other fossils are huge, like a dinosaur bone! Fossils are cool because they can tell you so much about the world thousands, millions, or billions of years ago. What can you conclude about fossils based on this information?
Fossils are very difficult to find.
Fossils of all sizes are able to tell us about the world long ago.
The most important fossils are animal fossils.
Studying fossils is the only way that scientists can study the world of long ago.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is this text mostly about?
a class trip where students are allowed to work on their favorite types of science
why fossils are most easily found in the soil of North America
going digging for fossils, which are the remains of ancient living things
studying in college to become a professional paleontologist
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Read these sentences from the text. Most of the fossils were thousands of years old. Fossils are remains of ancient plants and animals. They are found in the earth or in a rock. As used in these sentences, what does the word "ancient" mean?
very dirty
really rare
very new
really old
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. After the field trip, everyone wanted to be a paleontologist, ______ I always wanted to be one.
since
but
because
instead of
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