Mary Anning: The Girl Who Cracked Open the World

What type of writing is Mary Anning?

• A Narrative

• A Science fiction story

• A Biography

• An Informational Text

Who was Mary Anning?

• She was a Paleontologist

• She was a Botanist

• She was a Geologist

• She was a Biologist

Check all SYNONYMS (Words that mean the same thing) for the word: Enormous

• Small

• Gigantic

• Huge

• Tiny

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Which of the following made Mary Anning's life difficult

• Mary Anning had to compete with all of her sibilings

• Mary Anning was poor

• Mary Anning was uneducated

• A reason Mary Anning was not identified as a scientist was because she was a women

What is the Point of View in the story?

• First

  (I, me)

• Second

  (you)

• Third

  (they, them, he, she)

• fourth

  (everyone)

Who helped Mary push her career forward after her SECOND discovery?

• Louis

• Her father

• Henry

• Johnny

"Sadness hung in the air" is what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Personification

What did the townspeople think of Mary while she was growing up?

• Curious, Stubborn, Independent

• Curious, Weird, Lonely

• Crazy, Loud, Smart

• Rude, Unkind, Dishonest

Which fossils did Mary discover?

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• Ichthyosaur

• Pterosaur

• Pterodactyl

• Plesiosaurs

_______ is the study of historic life through fossils

• Biology

• Geology

• Chemistry

• Paleontology