

Reading Comprehension Practice
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Jessica Battle
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Reading Comprehension Practice

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Multiple Choice
Why were scientists surprised to find dinosaur bones near Antarctica?
They believed dinosaurs could only have survived in warm climates.
They believed dinosaurs migrated away from cold climates.
They believed Australia and Antarctica would have had different temperatures.
They believed all dinosaurs became extinct because of cold weather.
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Multiple Choice
How does the author tell about the climate of Dinosaur Cove?
by explaining how dinosaurs had to adapt
by comparing it to the weather of Alaska
by identifying differences between its location then and now
by describing the amount of daylight during different seasons
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Multiple Choice
And that’s not all. Dinosaur Cove was located near the South Pole. This means that for
several months each year, the Sun never rose. Instead, Dinosaur Cove was plunged into a dark,
cold winter night that didn’t end until the spring or summer.
In this paragraph, what does the word plunged mean?
ran toward
pushed away
fell suddenly
walked slowly
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Multiple Choice
How does the author explain the effect of living at Dinosaur Cove on the dinosaurs?
by showing that dinosaur fossils were found there by paleontologists
by describing that dinosaurs were like turtles, snakes, and crocodiles
by describing that dinosaurs of Dinosaur Cove were the last dinosaurs on Earth
by showing that dinosaurs of Dinosaur Cove lived on a peninsula and could not migrate
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Multiple Choice
Which statement from the text explains what helped dinosaurs stay alive in the darkness?
"In other parts of the world, dinosaurs probably migrated away from the winter's darkness."
"Big eyes also helped the dinosaurs watch out for predators that would have hunted them."
"Since these trees didn't lose their needles in the winter, they were food for the plant-eating dinosaurs."
"If dinosaurs were 'warm-blooded' like birds, then they could have made their own heat."
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Multiple Choice
According to the text, why were the dinosaurs in Dinosaur Cove unable to move to a warmer place?
They lived on an island and could not travel.
It was too dangerous to migrate.
They did not know about warmer places.
Warmer places were too far away.
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Multiple Choice
But what if some dinosaurs could survive cold polar winters? Could they also survive on a colder planet? What if the descendants of the animals at Dinosaur Cove survived the extinction? Could they have been the last dinosaurs on Earth?
How does the author show in the paragraph above that scientists may not have all the information they need?
by asking a lot of questions
by using a timeline of events
by talking about the extinction of dinosaurs
by telling the reader that information is hard to find
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Multiple Choice
Which detail supports the main idea?
that dinosaurs could see in the dark
that dinosaurs could not swim
that dinosaurs survived in cold places
that dinosaurs migrated to warmer places
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