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If something is a "dinosaur," it's _______.
a. lost forever
b. difficult to understand
c. very old
A. Answer the questions about Dinosaurs Alive!
1. Detail Which statement is NOT true about fossils?
a. Fossils can tell us how dinosaurs lived.
b. Scientists don't know the way dinosaurs hunted through fossils.
c. Filmmakers dig for different types of fossils.
2. Reference In line 3, what does "them" refer to?
a. fossils b. dinosaurs c. robots
3. Detail What do scientists NOT know for certain about dinosaurs?
a. how big they were
b. when they lived on Earth
c. how they hunted
4. Main Idea What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
a. Filmmakers use research and their imaginations to build dinosaurs.
b. Fossils aren't always complete.
c. Paleontologists don't know what color dinosaurs were.
5. Vocabulary What is another word for "animate"? (line 18)
a. move b. use c. scan
B. Complete the definitions.
| expert paleontologist stripe roar |
1. A(n) _________ studies fossils and dinosaur bones.
2. A(n) _________ knows a subject very well.
3. A(n) _________ is a kind of pattern.
4. When animals _________ they make a lot of noise.
C. CRITICAL THINKING Talk with a partner. Do you think the dinosaurs in movies look realistic? What else have animators used computers for?
