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Earth Long Ago C
2nd Grad Unit C Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which dinosaurs were the largest land animals that ever lived...1.) Meat Eaters or 2.) Plant Eaters | Plant Eaters |
| This is what is left of a plant or animal that lived long ago. | Fossil |
| Name the three steps of how a fish fossil is made. | A fish dies; mud and sand cover up the fish; the mud and sand to to rock |
| This is a scientist who finds and studies fossils. | Paleontologist |
| What does a paleontologist do by studying fossils? | They learn about plants and animals that lived long ago. |
| Name some types of fossils scientists find in rocks | animal teeth, shells, bones that have turned to stone and plant and animal prints |
| How do scientists get fossils? | They chip the rock away. They work slowly and carefully so that they do not break the fossils |
| What is another word for rebuilding? | Reconstruct |
| What do scientists compare fossils with to learn about animals and plants | They compare them to plants and animals that live today to see how they have changed |
| This means "no longer living" | Extinct |
| This ia a kind of animal that lived millions of years ago | Dinosaur |
| What does "dinosaur" mean? | It means terrible-lizard |
| A type of dinosaur is Triceratops. What does Triceratops mean? | Three-horned face |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex was a big meat-eating dinosaur. What does its name mean? | Tyrant lizard king |
| How do paleontologists learn about dinosaurs? | They compare them to animals that live today. Triceratops had flat teeth like plant eating animals today and T-Rex had long pointed teeth like meat eating animals today. |