The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

Choose the sentence that is an opinion?

• “Children ducked and dodged on their way to school.”

• “Waterhouse’s creatures were extraordinary!”

• “Start with its jawbone.”

• “Designing the creatures was only the first step.”

Which word best identifies an opinion?

• “dodged”

• “extraordinary”

• “only”

• “Start”

Why was Waterhouse excited on this particular day?

• He had just finished his last life-size dinosaur model.

• It was the first day the Crystal Palace was open to visitors.

• Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were coming to his workshop.

• He found out his dinosaur models would be at the Crystal Palace.

Identify the unstated main idea of the following selection?

“Designing the creatures was only the first step. There was still the monumental task of building them.”

• Building a large model is a lot of work.

• A brick foundation will support the weight of a model.

• Assistants are very important to an artist.

• Small dinosaur models are very valuable.

Why did Waterhouse think the iguanodon looked like an iguana?

• the bones

• the spike

• the teeth

• the nose

Choose meaning of the homonym “casts” as used in the following sentence?

“Then he erected iron skeletons, built brick foundations, and covered the whole thing with cement casts from the dinosaur-shaped molds.”

• throws over water

• shapes formed by special pans

• medical devices for broken bones

• actors in movies or plays

Which words from the passage helped you figure out the meaning of the word "casts"?

• “showed his guests”

• “correct in every detail”

• “built brick foundations”

• “covered the whole thing”

Choose the best definition of the word “passion” as used in the following sentences?

“By the time he was a young man, he’d found his true passion: animals. He loved to draw and paint them.”

• interest

• dinosaur

• anger

• photograph

What is the meaning of the word “anatomy” in these sentences?

“Just so for the megalosaurus. Start with its jawbone. Compare it to the anatomy of a lizard.”

• life-size clay figure

• early forms of a creature

• science of living things

• structure of a living thing

The Latin word “fossilis” means “gotten by digging.” Use this definition to figure out the meaning of the word:

“Even though the English had found the first known dinosaur fossil many years before—and the bones of more dinosaurs had been unearthed in England since then . . .”

• animal or plant part found in England

• animal or plant part found living with humans

• animal or plant part found inside bones

• animal or plant part found in the ground