Fossils. C4. Determine main idea of an informational text.

Fossils paint a picture of the past.

• True

• False

Who are paleontholists?

• Scientists who carefully and methodically unearth fossils.

• Scientists study the Earth.

What is this text mostly about?

• The text is about a trip to the past.

• The text is about museums and dinosaurs.

When are fossils formed?

• When an animal is still alive.

• When an organism dies and is buried within the Earth.

When the fossil decays and minerals seep in, they cause the form to harden into a rock-like substance. That's called ____________.

• Fossilization

• Paleontholy

Fossils have to be extracted carefully.

• True

• False

What is the main idea of this text?

• Fossils are important discoveries that helps us study how animals, plants and humans used to look like.

• Fossils need to be extracted carefully.

• Cleaning fossils is a tedious task.

What key details help us identify the main idea of the text?

• When fossils are extracted, scientists meticulously clean fossils to help preserve them.

• Fossils tells us about the plants, animals, and organisms that once inhabited the Earth.

After fossils are extracted, what do they do with the fossils?

• Many fossils are sent to be cleaned and stored for studies.

• Many fossils are sent to museums where information gained is shared.

Scientists need to study the fossils in order to send them to museums.

• True

• False