Bones in the Badland

What is a paleontologist?

• A scientist who studies dinosaurs.

• A dinosaur found in Oklahoma.

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Plilip Currie beleived that carnivores hunted in ____.

• packs

• herds

Where were all the bones found?

• the Badlands of Western Canada

• a farm in Iowa

• the La Brea tar pits in California

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Philip's wondered what it might mean for so many ____.

• fossils to be found in the same place.

• so many animals to have antlers.

• so many wolves to attack dinosaurs.

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Some predators also live in groups. They need to stay together to ____ for food.

• hunt

• order

• scavenge

Scientists know that some plant eating dinosaurs lived in ____.

• volcanoes

• groups

• packs

Philip brought a team to Canada to find ...

• dinosaur bones.

• missing dinosaurs.

• a new home.

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For _____, the team carefully dug up fossils.

• months

• years

• 5 days

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The scientist had a theory that the albertosaurs may have been caught in ______.

• quicksand

• tar pits

• a bear trap

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The scientists think the place may be where the albertosaurs built _____ to lay eggs.

• nests

• homes

• baskets

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