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Mary Anning's Dinosaurs

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Prehistoric means:
a)
from a time before history was written
b)
before rap music
c)
before school
d)
before we had money
2.
A fossil is:
a)
a great watch
b)
your grandma's toes
c)
remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
d)
a word that's hard to spell
3.
Paleontology is:
a)
a 11 letter word
b)
the study of fruits and vegetables
c)
the study of fossils
d)
the study of the planets
4.
Climate is:
a)
the usual weather in  a place
b)
a fun place to visit
c)
a great soft drink
d)
a change that is coming
5.
Ichthyosaurus is:
a)
a prehistoric horse
b)
a creature Mary found at the beach
c)
an American legend
d)
a rash that itches
6.
At the Field Museum in Chicago you can see:
a)
Sue, a T-Rex fossil
b)
old clothes
c)
old weapons
d)
old people
7.
When Mary found the fossil bones in 1811, the word 'dinosaur' did NOT exist.
a)
False
b)
True
8.
Greeks believed that 'griffins' guarded gold mines.
a)
False
b)
True
9.
Explorers searched for a giant elephant in the American west.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Mary's skeleton was one of the most important fossils ever discovered.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Extinct means:
a)
really large
b)
from far away
c)
a living thing that has died out
d)
old bones and rocks
12.
The reason Mary Anning is not famous is because she was:
a)
from England
b)
a woman
c)
Einsteins cousin
d)
poor