Speaking of Dinosaurs Quiz

This layer was sandwiched between the fossil-rich rock from the time of the dinosaurs and the ______ rock layers after dinosaurs were gone.

• barren

• crater

• extinct

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Then in 1991, the most convincing clue of all was found: an enormous _____ mostly buried under the sea off the coast of Mexico, dating to 66 million years ago.

• barren

• crater

• extinct

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

It was well known that animals could become _______.

• barren

• crater

• extinct

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Some contain ______ of long-gone animals and plants.

• barren

• crater

• extinct

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

For decades, scientists had believed that all changes on Earth happen ____ that new animals and plants appear and die out over millions of years.

• gradually

• species

• theory

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

And there were _____ too. Meaning: Warm-blooded animals that have hair or fur and give birth to live babies. ______ mothers make milk to feed their young. Examples include humans, monkeys, and mice.

• mammals

• fossils

• species

• theory

He's a _____, a scientist who studies ancient animals and plants.

• species

• mammal

• paleontologist

• crater

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Today scientists think that three out of every four ______ on Earth died.

• species

• mammals

• extinct

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Luis Alvarez was also a scientist, and he was known for _____________.

• thinking outside the box

• theory

• paleontolgist

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Walter's _____ was a big deal.

• theory

• species

• mammal

• gradually