SuperCroc, Dino Hunters, Godzilla

The details in lines 20 - 24 of "SuperCroc" support which implied main idea?

• Sereno returned to Africa in 2000

• Crew members worked for 12 hours a day

• Hunting for fossils can be hard

• Some fossils were found in 1997

The implied main idea under the subheading "A Different-Looking Beast" is that...

• SuperCroc's head had a big hole in it

• SuperCroc had a keen sense of smell

• SuperCroc had an unusual appearance

• bony plates covered SuperCroc's back

When SuperCroc lived, Gadoufaoua was...

• green and lush

• full of fossils

• empty of animals

• dry and dusty

Which detail under the subheading "What did SuperCroc eat?" supports the idea that SuperCroc's mouth was designed for grabbing prey?

• The jaw was narrow

• Water hid SuperCroc's body

• Eyes poked above the surface

• The teeth were short but strong

Which sentence is an expert-supported inference, not a fact?

• SuperCroc had a big hole in its head

• SuperCroc may have had a keen sense of smell

• A single scute was one foot long

• SuperCroc's head was wider in front than in the middle

Which sentence is a fact, not an expert-supported inference?

• SuperCros probably lived only a few million years

• Disease could have wiped out the species quickly

• No one know what killed SuperCroc

• SuperCrocs may have been fairly rare

The graph on page 171 tells you that the words Permian, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic all name

• time periods

• dinosaurs

• pterosaurs

• fossil groups

The graph on page 171 tells you that pterosaurs are...

• the birds of today

• flying dinosaurs

• ancestors of archosaurs

• extinct creatures

According to Paul Sereno, which belief is not correct?

• Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era.

• The average dinosaur lived for a few million years.

• New dinosaur species arose all the time.

• All the dinosaurs lived and died out at the same time.

The fossil hunt that is described in both "SuperCroc" and the interview with Paul Sereno is the hunt that took place in...

• China

• Niger

• Patagonia

• Mongolia