A Trip Back in Time Google Form

1. Which sentence best expresses the controlling idea of the selection?

• A. A new national monument in Texas discovered how Ice Age animals like Columbian mammoths lived and died.
• B. A new national monument opened in Texas after the discovery of the remains of Columbian mamoths and other Ice Age animals.
• C. A new national monument celebrates the roles Columbian mammoths played in Texas during the Ice Age.
• D. A new national monument in Texas allows visitors to excavate animal fossils, including Columbian mammoth remains.

2. Based on the photograph, the reader can conclude that visitors -

• F. can search for their own fossil remains at the original excavation site
• G are often alarmed and frightened by the size and shape of the Ice Age animals
• H. are allowed to help researchers identify the fossils of Ice Age animals
• J. can see the bones arranged like they might have been when the animals died

3. Which definition is correct for the word sustain as it is used in paragraph 7?

• A. Definition 1
• B. Definition 2
• C. definition 3
• D definition 4

4. The author's main purpose for writing this article is to -

• F. evaluate different scientific theories
• G. illustrate how mammoths died in Waco, Texas
• H. inform readers about a new national monument
• J. convince readers that theories can be false

5. The author includes the information in the section "Theories and Thoughts" most likelyto -

• A. emphasize why scientific theories must be proved in order to be believed
• B. express her person opinion about which theory might be true
• C. demonstrate that even scientists can get information incorrect
• D. explain that scientists are still not certain how the animals died

6. Which words from paragraph 5 help the reader know what catastrophic means?

• F. Not been able to prove
• G. Humans were involved
• H. Killed all animals instantly
• J. died at the same time

7. How did the idea for the Waco Mammoth National Monument likely come about?

• A. University students wanted to protect a natural area.
• B. Scientists wanted to share their discoveries.
• C. The National Park Service wanted to create a monument in Texas.
• D. The president of the United States wanted people to learn about history.

8. Which statement supports the idea that fossil excavation must be done carefully?

• F. Scientists used brushed and bamboo scrapers to excavate the fossil remains.
• G. Scientists worked with volunteers and students from Baylor University to dig for remains.
• H. Scientists uncovered six mammoths, a camel and an unedified animal in seven years.
• J. Scientists were searching for arrowheads when they discovered a large bone in the ravine