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WorksheetsFossils: A Peek Into the Past Comprehension Test
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A 10 year old boy named Jared Post had made a fantastic find.
Which phrase in the sentence above indicates that the statement is an opinion?
ten-year-old
boy named
had made
fantastic find
What is the author's opinion of woolly mammoths
They ate plants for food
They only left behind their teeth as fossils
They are fascinating
They are the only extinct mammals
The section under the heading "Imagine a Woolly Mammoth!"
states the opinion that woolly mammoths
walked around Jared's neighborhood
most likely used their tusks to scrape snow
are thought to be related to today's elephants
left fossils that tell us that they once lived in certain areas
A fact expressed in the article is that the rock Jared found
was amazing
had weird markings
was a fossilized tooth
created big news in Alaska
Which heading expresses an opinion?
"Traces of the Past"
"Nature's Memory Keepers"
"Imagine a Woolly Mammoth"
"One Girl's Remarkable Finds"
You can tell that the author has the opinion that children who discover fossils
will become scientists
are interesting to learn about
are smarter than other children
know a lot about extinct animals
What could prove that the idea that 2007 was a great year for finds is a fact
If Jared, Sierra, and Kaleb wrote a book about finding fossils in 2007
if Mary agreed that 2007 was one of the great yeard for finding fossils
if the author compared the fossil finds to every other year's fossil finds
if the fossils found in 2007 proved that woolly mammoths were still alive
The phrase that says fossils help us understand what the world was like is an opinion because it
gives a clue
expresses a belief
defines a word
gives an approximation
An opinion expressed in the article is that Mary Anning
was the greatest fossilist in the world
found a fossil of a sea reptile
was born in England
discovered a fossil when he was eleven
Which statement from the article expresses an opinion?
The Ice Age occurred between 1.6 million and 10,000 years ago
She discovered the skeleton of a giant sea creature when she was 11 years old
Another super-successful young fossil hunter was Mary Anning who was born on the south coast of England
Although mammoths roamed throughout much of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, ther bones and teeth are found mainly in areas with very cold weather
