Mary Anning: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Anning uncovered the rest of the first ichthyosaur skeleton to be recognized Anning found the first pterosaur skeleton in Britain Anning helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I Anning found the first complete plesiosaur skeleton
2. Details In what year did this happen? "Anning found the first complete plesiosaur skeleton."

   1833 1823 1799 1828
3. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Anning uncovered the rest of the first ichthyosaur skeleton to be recognized." Later: "She found the first pterosaur skeleton in Britain."

   29 16 15 26
4. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "fossil" mean?

   growing different crops in a field from year to year to keep the soil healthy the remains or traces of a living thing from long ago, preserved in rock a person trained to travel into space the force that pulls objects toward each other
5. Character traits Which word best describes Mary Anning?

   observant careless bored lazy
6. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Anning was observant?

   She searched the crumbling cliffs after every storm, spotting bones others walked past. She finished high school at 14 and college at 18. She kept protecting forests even when powerful people tried to stop her. As a child she dreamed of flying and went on to study aerospace engineering.
7. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of Mary Anning how to become a teacher the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell the life and work of Marie Curie
8. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   as a problem and its solution by comparing two people as a list of steps to follow in time order, from earlier events to later ones

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