Context Clue FOSSILS PASSAGE

1. What is this text mainly about?

• a) herbivores and carnivores
• b) Jurassic bones
• c) the study of fossils

2. How do you know the meaning of the word fossils?

• a) the definition of fossils is given in the text
• b) an example of a fossil is given in the text
• c) an antonym for the word fossils is given in the text

3. Based on context clues, what does the word extinct mean in paragraph 3?

• a) animals that lived long ago
• b) no longer alive on Earth
• c) a fossilized plant or animal

4.Which of these words is a synonym for the word remains as it is used in the text?

• a) debris
• b) plants
• c) skeletons

5. What does impressions mean as it is used in the text?

• a) marks pressed into a surface
• b) smiling and waving
• c) plants that animals ate

6.Which of the following is an example of an antonym for the word herbivore?

• a) meat-eater
• b) plant-eater
• c) types of teeth

7. Which words from the text help you determine the meaning of the word carnivore?

• a) fossilized teeth of animals
• b) flat teeth used to chew up leaves
• c) sharp, long, pointy teeth to tear up meat

8. What is the meaning of the word shuffled, and which type of context clue do you use to determine the meaning?

• a) to rearrange or move; I had to make an inference
• b) to drag your feet quickly; the definition is given in the text
• c) to move; a synonym is given in the text

9.How can you use the illustrations of fossils as context clues?

• a) the illustrations help me visualize herbivores and carnivores
• b) the illustrations help me visualize the different types of fossils
• c) the illustrations are not helpful context clues

10. Find the word species in paragraph 3. Type the context clues found in the text that help you know the meaning of the word.