Paleontologist

What is a paleontologist?

• A scientist that studies plants.

• A scientist that studies germs.

• A scientist that studies ancient life.

• A scientist that studies friendships.

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Dinosaurs are interesting.

Fact or opinion?

• Fact

• Opinion

Part A:

A paleontologist learns about ancient life. Ancient means very, very old. There are also ancient beasts like mammoths and saber tooth tigers.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• paleontologist

• mammoths

• very old

• saber tooth tigers

Part B:

A paleontologist learns about ancient life. Ancient means very, very old. There are also ancient beasts like mammoths and saber tooth tigers.

Which sentence helps us to define the underlined word?

• A paleontologist learns about ancient life.

• Ancient means very, very old.

• There are also ancient beasts like mammoths and saber tooth tigers.

These animals are extinct and no longer exist.

Extinct means ​ ​ ​ ​

• very, very old

• paleontologist

• the past

• no longer exist

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A paleontologist does not need to go to school for many years.

True or False

• True

• False

Why is digging up animals that have been extinct for millions of years so important?

• Digging up animals that have been extinct for millions of years can tell us how the earth used to be.

• Paleontologists need to find bones to put them in a museum.

• It helps keep the earth clean because the bones are like trash that make the planet messy.

• Paleontologists like to put the bones together because it's like a puzzle.

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People go to school for many years to become a paleontologist. They learn where to go, what to look for, and how to dig up fossils.

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• Fact

• Opinion

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