Animals Through Time Mystery Science

Scientists think there used to be an ocean in the middle of the United States because...

• there is seaweed growing in Illinois.

• they read a book that said so.

• they found fossils of ocean animals underground.

• the soil is salty.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Scientists found a whale in the middle of the desert because...

• whales live in the desert.

• whales used to live in the desert.

• there was a lake in the desert.

• the desert used to be an ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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One reason that scientists think that dinosaurs looked like reptiles on the outside is because...

• reptiles also eat meat and plants.

• reptiles have extra openings in their skulls besides the eye and mouth openings you'd expect.

• there is no fossilized fur.

• dinosaur's blood was cold too.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Scientists can figure out how fast dinosaurs ran by...

• watching video of dinosaurs running.

• measuring the size of their footprints.

• using a stopwatch to time how fast they run.

• measuring the distance between dinosaur footprints.

What habitat was Nebraska when the animal above lived there?

• desert

• ocean

• polar

• forest/jungle

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Animals with flat teeth most likely eat...

• meat or fish.

• plants.

• insects.

• fruit.

Animals with sharp, pointy teeth most likely eat...

• meat or fish.

• plants.

• insects.

• fruit.

You take a trip to the local quarry. You walk all the way to the very bottom. At the bottom of the quarry you find the fossils shown in the image above. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location when these animals were alive?

• Grassland

• River

• Ocean

• Desert

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Kayla went swimming so she could see sharks and sea turtles. When she started swimming, she saw many tree trunks on the ocean floor. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location a long time ago?

• Forest

• Grassland

• Ocean

• Desert

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Tree trunks on the bottom of the ocean floor are evidence that the habitat in this location has changed. What other evidence could you look for to support this claim?

• Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the desert

• Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the grassland

• Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the ocean

• Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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