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Friday, 8 November 2019

Comprehension Box - Uncovering the ultimate snake

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Uncovering the Ultimate Snake
1.) The fossil was discovered in a:
(A.) Flowing river ( Wrong ) - (B.) Coalmine

2.) Which statement is a fact, not an opinion?
(C.) A snake this size has never been discovered before. ( Correct )

3.) Titanoboa cerrejonensis and the reticulated python are similar in:
(A.) length ( Wrong ) - (C.) hunting technique

4.) Titanoboa cerrejonensis probably became extinct because:
(B.) it ran out of prey large enough to satisfy its hunger.  ( Wrong ) - (A.) temperatures became too cool to sustain the reptile

5.) Palaeontologists calculated the age of the fossil by:
(B.) studying the age of the rock in which the fossil was found. ( Correct )

6.) Titanoboa cerrejonensis lived ______ Tyrannosaurus rex.
(B.) After ( Correct )

7.) Which is the best subheading that could be given to summarise Paragraph 5?
(C.) Cold-blooded reptiles ( Wrong ) - (A.) The ancient climate

8.) This text was written to:
(B.) record findings. ( Correct )

9.) The main idea of Paragraph 2 is to:
(C.) compare the snake to modern-day species. ( Wrong ) - (B.) describe and relate the sheer size of the snake

10.) The word hefty in Paragraph 2 means:
(B.) weighty ( Correct )

11.) Titanoboa cerrejonensis is most like:
(B.) an anaconda ( Correct )

12.) You can conclude the author of this text clearly:
A.) loves his/her job ( Wrong ) - (B.) consider this fossil find to be awesome

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