Search Header Logo
2.5 - READING, "African Digs," Pages 61-63 (Blue)

2.5 - READING, "African Digs," Pages 61-63 (Blue)

Assessment

Flashcard

English

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.6.5, RI.6.1, RI.6.4

+20

Standards-aligned

Created by

Wayground Content

FREE Resource

Student preview

quiz-placeholder

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who led the dinosaur dig in Niger, Africa, in 1997?

Back

Dr. Paul Sereno

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Do many plants and animals live in the desert?

Back

No, because it's very dry.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is created in Step 8 to help rebuild the skeleton?

Back

A blueprint.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why are Jobaria's bones copied in Step 9?

Back

They are too fragile.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did they make the casts look like real fossils?

Back

By painting them with colors that come from copper and iron in the soil.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a dinosaur dig?

Back

A scientific excavation to find and study dinosaur fossils.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a fossil?

Back

The preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?