The Badlands Sleuth Chapter 9

Where does Dr. Forester say she will now keep the fossils?

• inside of the truck

• in a secret hiding place

• in a locked box in the lab

• always in her sight and even next to her cot at night

Felix thoughtfully compares chemical changes too...

• his favorite music

• recycling

• his favorite sport

• mysteries

What does Tess ask the campers to imagine?

• traveling back in time 300 million years ago

• traveling back in time 30 million years ago

• traveling back in time 3 million years ago

• traveling back in time to the day they first arrived at Fossil Camp

Tess says that as time travelers, they would see:

• the past and the future

• only the present

• only the past

• nothing at all

According to Tess, what happened to the carbon-rich remains of many plants and animals long ago?

• They changed into planets and moons.

• They changed into fire and lava.

• They changed to oil and coal.

• They changed into water and ice.

According to Tess, how do plants make water and the gas carbon dioxide undergo a chemical change?

• through photography

• through photocopies

• through photons

• through photosynthesis

According to Tess, the cells of all living things produce what as a waste product?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• iron

• iron sulfide

What makes Dr. Forester believe the fossils may be from a new dinosaur species?

• because the fossils are the largest fossils ever

• because the fossils are large, but they look like they are from a baby

• because the fossils are the smallest fossils ever

• because the fossils are small, but they look like they are from an adult

According to Dr. Forester, all the campers will be famous because:

• they will be on television.

• they will win awards.

• they will be in a scientific paper.

• they will be remembered forever.

How does the story end?

• with Amy and Julian discovering the largest fossil ever

• with fossils disappearing from the lab again

• with Amy reflecting how Fossil Camp was better than she anticipated

• with Fossil Camp being extended another week