The Albertosaurus Mystery

What does the word uncovering mean in the sentence below?

The chef was uncovering the pot of soup.

• tasting

• stirring

• taking the lid off

• adding more water to

What does the word prove mean in the sentence below?

I can prove that the squirrel is the animal that ate the birdseed.

• show

• guess

• wonder

• never know

What does the word clues mean in the sentence below?

Sarah looked for clues that would help her solve the math problem.

• friends

• hints

• numbers

• teachers

What does the word fossils mean in the sentence below?

The fossils that we found were buried deep in the ground.

• rocks

• treasures

• hidden treasures

• remains of an animal or plant

How does the reader know that dinosaurs lived long ago?

• few dinosaurs are still alive

• some dinosaurs have feathers

• many dinosaurs ate other animals

• only dinosaur fossils are left today

What can the reader conclude about dinosaurs from the article?

• all dinosaurs ate plants

• few dinosaurs had teeth

• most dinosaurs are dead

• some dinosaurs ate meat

Why was Philip Currie's search a success?

• because he found 22 albertosaurs

• because he found 70 dinosaur teeth

• because he found the first dinosaur eggs

• because he found the first mean-eating dinosaur

Read this sentence from the article.

Philip and his team worked for months to dig out each fossil.

What can you conclude about the team from the sentence above?

• the team had to be careful

• the team was not very experienced

• the team was unhappy with all the work

• the team was hoping to find a live dinosaur