Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting

What is one of the most celebrated fossil hunters mentioned in the text?

• Mary Anning

• Tray

• Mirta berries

• The Devil's toenails

Where did Mary Anning grow up?

• Lyme Regis

• Dorset

• Devon

• England

What did Mary Anning's father teach her?

• How to chisel fossils

• How to swim

• How to read and write

• How to sell curios

What did Mary Anning sell to help her family?

• Curios she found on the coast

• Fossils she discovered

• Books about fossils

• Her father's belongings

What did Mary Anning find in one of the slate rocks?

• A plesiosaur fossil

• A lightning bolt

• A rare gemstone

• A mysterious artifact

How much could Mary Anning sell some of her fossils for?

• 100 to 200 pounds

• 15,000 pounds

• 1,000 pounds

• 50 to 100 pounds

Why did some people say Mary Anning had a talent for finding fossils?

• Because she was struck by lightning

• Because she had a trusty dog

• Because she was religious

• Because she was poor

What frustrated Mary Anning in her later years?

• Men of science not recognizing her contributions

• Not finding any more fossils

• Losing her trusty dog

• Being struck by lightning again

Who recognized Mary Anning's achievements and fossil finds?

• Geological Society of London

• Her local church

• Both the Geological Society and the church

• No one recognized her

What do fossils found by Mary Anning provide evidence of?

• Living things that existed in the past

• The future of life on Earth

• The impact of lightning strikes

• The dangers of fossil hunting