Science- Animals Through Time

Scientists found a whale fossil in the middle of the desert because…

• Whales used to live in the desert habitat

• There used to be a lake in the middle of the desert habitat.

• The desert habitat used to be an ocean

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The green anoles are such good climbers because…

• they like climbing trees

• they need to be able to climb to get food that is high up in the trees.

• the green anoles that were poor climbers were more likely to get eaten by brown anoles, so they had fewer babies

• they need to be able to get away from brown anoles on the ground.

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Which is an example of evidence that dinosaurs looked like big reptiles?

• Dinosaur skulls had similar skulls to reptiles today

• Scientists found fossils of scaly dinosaur skin

• Dinosaurs laid eggs

• All of the above

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Herbivores are...

• plant eaters

• meat eaters

• eat both plants and meat

carnivores are...

• plant eaters

• meat eaters

• eat both plants and meat

Omnivores are...

• plant eaters

• meat eaters

• eat both plants and meat

True or False... A desert habitat today was always a desert habitat in the past

• True

• False

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True or False...We can learn about extinct animals by studying their fossils and comparing them to animals living today.

• True

• False

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What type of environment do mosquitoes like?

• warm and wet

• cold and dry

• hot and dry

• cold and wet

Why are there so many different varieties of dogs?

• dogs wanted to be different from each other

• dogs have many puppies

• people chose to breed dogs with traits they wanted

• dog babies were different from their parents

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