2. JEOPARDY Open Court Vocabulary, Unit 4, part 1
Fossils Tell of Long Ago,
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard,
Dinosaur Fossils
by Noelia Esparza,
Loma Verde Elementary
El Paso Texas

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4. Open Court Vocabulary, Unit 4, part 1
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Fossils Tell of Long Ago, The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard, Dinosaur Fossils,
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5. Vocabulary Definition
a yellowish sap from plants that
hardens and becomes a fossil
page 21

6. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is amber?
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7. Vocabulary Definition
a plant, animal, or imprint that has
turned to stone
page 15

8. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is a fossil?
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9. Vocabulary Definition
not alive today; all members of the
the group or species have died
out
page 23

10. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is extinct?
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11. Vocabulary Definition
swampy forest soil
page 18

12. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is peat?
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13. Vocabulary Definition
an animal that looked like an
elephant and lived millions
of years ago
page 20

14. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is a mammoth?
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15. Vocabulary Definition
broke out of an egg
page 30

16. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is hatched?
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17. Vocabulary Definition
the area around your home
page 32

18. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is neighborhood?
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19. Vocabulary Definition
an area of wet land
page 35

20. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is a swamp?
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21. Vocabulary Definition
to save someone who is in
danger of harm
page 36

22. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is to rescue?
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23. Vocabulary Definition
hardened remains of an animal
or plant that lived long ago
page 42

24. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is a fossil?
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25. Vocabulary Definition
became solid
page 42

26. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is hardened ?
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27. Vocabulary Definition
people who study things in
nature
page 44

28. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What are scientists ?
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29. Vocabulary Definition
not easy

30. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is difficult ?
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31. Vocabulary Definition
no longer living, all the members of that group have died out
page 51

32. 10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is extinct ?
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33. Comprehension
A fossil is ….
see page 15

34. What is a plant or animal that has turned to stone?
10 points
Answer
What is a plant or animal that
has turned to stone?
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35. Comprehension
The parts of the fish that
rotted away …
see page 16

36. What is the soft parts of the fish?
10 points
Answer
What is the soft parts of the
fish?
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37. Comprehension The mud that the fish is covered with slowly turns to …
page 16

38. 10 points
Answer
What is rock?
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39. Comprehension The dinosaur would have made the neighborhood shake like
pudding because he was so …

40. 10 points
Answer
What is heavy?
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41. Comprehension How could you know for sure
if a dinosaur really lived in the
boys backyard …

42. 10 points
Answer
What is find a fossil
of a dinosaur?
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43. Comprehension The dinosaur had a very long neck so it could …
see page 36

44. What is reach the leaves at the top of the trees?
10 points
Vocabulary Word
What is reach the leaves at
the top of the trees?
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45. Comprehension 50 points When the dinosaur lived in the
neighborhood, the town was …
page 35

46. Answer
50 points
What is a swamp?
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47. Comprehension 50 points What is left of a plant or animal that
lived long ago is called …
page 42

48. Answer
50 points
What is a fossil?
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49. Comprehension 50 points A fossil is formed when a dead
plant or animal …
page 43

50. Answer
50 points
What is hardens?
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51. Comprehension
50 points
Scientists can study the soft parts of an animal only when the animal is…

52. What is when an animal’s whole body is frozen very quickly?
Answer
50 points
What is when an animal’s
whole body is frozen very quickly?
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53. Comprehension
10 points
Scientists who study fossils are
called…

54. What is paleontologists?
Answer
10 points
What is paleontologists?
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