wordly wise lesson 3 review book 5

1. Dinosaurs first appeared over 200 million years ago and died out 65 million years ago.  That is a ___________ of about 135 million years.

• preservation
• duration
• gigantic
• premature

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

2. The world of the dinosaurs was vastly different from today's world.  It is impossible to __________ what it would have been like to live in those times.

• comprehend
• extinct
• option
• survive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The world at that time was a savage one of hunters and hunted, where _________ creatures would have stood no chance.

• gigantic
• prey
• carnivorous
• puny

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

4. Dinosaur skeletons are found buried in rock.  It is __________ that the bones and the rock are about the same age.

• preserved
• duration
• evident
• obscure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

5. Most creatures living tens of millions of years ago left no trace behind.  Only a small number happened to be __________ in rocks for us to discover.

• survived
• options
• preserved
• duration

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

6. A twenty-foot Utahraptor may seem large, but it looks small when compared with the _____________Tyrannosaurus Rex, which measured fifty feet.

• carnivorous
• gigantic
• ferocious
• prey

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

7. Its ten-inch claws and huge, sharp teeth give Tyrannosaurus Rex a scary look.  It is probably the most _____________ looking of all the dinosaurs.

• carnivorous
• puny
• ferocious
• gigantic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

8. Dinosaur teeth tell scientist what kind of creature the teeth belonged to.  They show whether the creature was plant-eating or ___________.

• ferocious
• carnivorous
• extinct
• gigantic

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

9. The largest of all dinosaurs ate only plants. They were not equipped to fight and were the natural __________ of meat-eaters such as Tyrannosaurus Rex.

• obsure
• premature
• ancestors
• prey

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

10. Did a meteorite hitting Earth cause the dinosaurs to die out?  Scientist who once thought this explanation___________ now believe it to be correct.

• option
• premature
• preserved
• prey

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A