1. 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Who wants to get an A on their test tomorrow) 50:50

2. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Study dinosaur bones C: Study plant life cycles D: Watch people dig up bones 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $100 Question What does a Paleontologist do? B: Study prehistoric life

3. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: A scientific guess using information already known C: An argument about the reason something occurs B: A large amount of evidence D: An idea that can’t be proven true but is backed by evidence 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $200 Question A Hypothesis is:

4. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Colbert found Dozens of Coelophysis C: Colbert was a better Paleontologist B: Colbert was the first to find Coelophysis D: There were no newspapers in the 1880’s 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $300 $200 $100 $300 Question Why did Colbert’s find receive more publicity than Camp’s find in the 1880’s?

5. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: How and why did Coelophysis die? C: Why were Coelophysis such fast runners ? D: What theory is true? 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500 $500 Question What is the main Question scientists and readers have about the Coelophysis findings? B: Why are Coelophysis so small?

6. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Marrow, blood C: Blood, oxygen B: Marrow, oxygen D: None of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 Question Coelophysis was a fast dinosaur because______ in it’s hollow bones produced red blood cells and ________

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8. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Coelophysis bones were not muddy C: Coelophysis bones were found flat on their sides B: It was similar to the La Brea tar pits in California D: Plateosaurus died stuck in the mud 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $2,000 Question Evidence that negates Coelophysis died stuck in the mud is:

9. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Earth cooled to a temperature Coelophysis could not handle B: Rare element iridium was found in rocks C: Dinosaurs were not found scattered over a large area D: Dinosaurs were weak and fell one by one. 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $4,000 Question Evidence that negates an asteroid caused climate changes that killed Coelophysis is:

10. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Cannibals C: Carnivores B: Herbivores D: Both A and C 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $8,000 Question Coelophysis were:

11. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Run quickly with speed and agility C: Walk upright, but their bones were too fragile to run B: Swim quickly across rivers D: All of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $16,000 Question Coelophysis had thin hollow bones that allowed them to:

12. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: flat on their sides with body parts at same level C: missing bones and with some body parts separated B: with necks pulled back towards the tail D: all of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $32,000 Question Coelophysis bones were found:

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14. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Digging to find something C: plowing to find dinosaur bones B: studying prehistoric fossils D: burying something in the ground 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $64,000 Question Excavation means:

15. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved B: Skeletons were tangled, but in good condition C: Necks curve towards tails when dead animals are left undisturbed and muscles shrink A: Mud and water flow covered the dinosaurs D: All of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $125,000 Question What evidence negates that Coelophysis died because of flood only?

16. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: mud cracks suggest animals died on sun-baked mud C: Curved necks suggest they dried in the hot sun B: Bones were found close together as if around the last puddle D: All of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $250,000 Question What evidence supports drought as a theory of what happened to Coelophysis?

17. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: To get a better understanding of reading C: Vocabulary may be difficult to understand B: Monitor to make sure you Clarify what you don’t know D: All of the above 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $500,000 Question Why is it important to monitor and clarify during reading?

18. © Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved A: Drought and Volcanic eruption C: Flood and a mud slide B: Asteroid and a poisoned water D: drought and flood 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 $1 Million $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $64,000 $32,000 $16,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000,000 Question Scientists decide that it was likely Coelophysis died because of two events. Those events were:

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