DOL: Jurassic Park Possible

What is the best meaning of the word “hybrid” as it is used in paragraph 18?

• mixed

• similar

• separate

• experimental

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Which statement best expresses the central idea in the article?

• While current technology cannot bring back the dinosaurs, it can probably be used to de-extinct animals that lived more recently.

• Dinosaurs can be brought back from extinction, but the woolly mammoth is much simpler and could be made de-extinct very soon.

• While it is possible to de-extinct dinosaurs, scientists worry about the negative impact on the environment and humans.

• Because DNA decays so quickly, it is impossible to bring back any animal species from extinction.

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Which TWO sentences should be included in an objective summary of the article?

• It is immoral to de-extinct animals

• Scientists found mammoth DNA fragments.

• Woolly mammoths were shaggy with long tusks.

• DNA begins to decay as soon as an organism dies.

• Scientists have no concerns about bringing dinosaurs back.

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How does the quote "Scientists think DNA can last 1.2 million years, maybe even 3 million (some say 6 million) under certain conditions" (Paragraph 9) contribute to the development of ideas in the article?

• It explains why dinosaurs are extinct.

• It details why DNA is discovered in amber.

• It shows that dinosaur DNA most likely does not exist.

• It proves that scientists should be able to find dinosaur DNA.

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Which quote from the text best reveals the author's point of view?

• "But that isn't the biggest problem. As soon as something dies, its DNA begins to decay." (Paragraph 6-7)

• "So a real-life Jurassic Park may not be possible (sorry, dino fans). But Woolly Mammoth Park? Maybe!" (Paragraph 12-13).

• "Some of the DNA, from an ancestor of the woolly mammoth, was 1.1 million to 1.2 million years old!" (Paragraph 15)

• Eventually, the scientists would like to see herds of woolly mammophants wandering freely through the tundra." (Paragraph 23)

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Why is it possible to de-extinct a woolly mammoth, but not a dinosaur? Use details from the text to support your answer. You MUST write a RACE response or the answer will be counted wrong.

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