Pterosaurs D2

Poll

Which Pterosaur is the coolest looking to you?

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Vocabulary Review

• Evolve

• Structure

• Hollow

to develop or change, improve

the way in which something is joined

empty space inside 

• to develop or change, improve

• the way in which something is joined

• empty space inside 

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RELAX Strategy



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ead each question carefully and then reread the passage

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xamine every answer choice

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ook for proof in the passage

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lways check your work

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out answers you know are wrong

Draw

Highlight the text evidence that shows the connection between Pterosaurs and dinosaurs.

Draw

Why does the author use sparrows and planes as the example of the Pterosaurs size?

Think about where they spent their time!!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows that the Pterosaurs were the second to fly on their own?

•  Over that time, the earliest pterosaurs evolved into different species of pterosaurs that varied widely

• They did not just jump or glide on the wind. Rather, they flapped their wings to travel by air.

• Some pterosaurs had complicated crests on their head.

• Pterosaurs were the first animals after insects to fly using their own power.

Draw

Pterosaurs could fly, but their ancestors could not. What changed over time?

Multiple Choice

Pterosaurs could fly, but their ancestors could not. What changed over time?

• Their ancestors' heads evolved into wings because their bones grew longer and lighter over time.

• Their ancestors' front legs evolved into wings because their bones grew longer and lighter over time.

• Their ancestors' wing bones evolved into longer and lighter wing bones over time.

• Their ancestors' tails evolved into wings because their bones grew longer and lighter over time.

Open Ended

How does the text describe pterosaurs' wing bones?