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Dinos in the Dark

By Jennifer Monick

Multiple Choice

Why were scientists surprised to find dinosaur bones near Antarctica?

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

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

• C They believed dinosaurs migrated away from cold climates.

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

Multiple Choice

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

• A by explaining how dinosaurs had to adapt

• B by comparing it to the weather of Alaska

• C by identifying differences between its location then and now

• D by describing the amount of daylight during different seasons

Multiple Choice

What does the word plunged mean in paragraph 5?

• A ran toward

• B pushed away

• C fell suddenly

• D walked slowly

Multiple Choice

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

• A by showing that dinosaur fossils were found there by paleontologists

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

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

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

Multiple Choice

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

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

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

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

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

Multiple Choice

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

• A They lived on an island and could not travel.

• B It was too dangerous to migrate.

• C They did not know about warmer places.

• D Warmer places were too far away.

Multiple Choice

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

• A by asking a lot of questions

• B by talking about the extinction of dinosaurs

• C by telling the reader that information is hard to find

• D by using a timeline of events

Multiple Choice

Which detail supports the main idea?

• A that dinosaurs could see in the dark

• B that dinosaurs could not swim

• C that dinosaurs survived in cold places

• D that dinosaurs migrated to warmer places