Wordly Wise 3000, level 5, lesson 3

Dinosaurs first appeared over 200 million years ago and died out 65 million years ago. That is a(n) _____________ of about 135 million years.

• duration

• comprehension

• ferocious

• carnivore

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• option

• comprehend

• puny

• premature

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• premature

• carnivorous

• puny

• obscure

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

• prey

• obscure

• gigantic

• evident

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CCSS.L.5.5C

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

• preserved

• gigantic

• ferocious

• evident

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CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

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

• carnivorous

• gigantic

• ferocious

• preserved

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

• prey

• ferocious

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Dinosaur teeth tell scientists what kind of creature the teeth belonged to. They show whether the creatures was plant-eating or ___________________.

• carnivorous

• prey

• survivor

• option

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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.

• puny

• prey

• preserve

• option

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Did a meteorite hitting Earth cause the dinosaurs to die out? Scientists who once thought this explanation __________________ now believe it to be correct.

• option

• survive

• premature

• ancestor

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A