Vocabulary
Which word means 'death' or 'ending'?
Demise
How many syllables in the word 'informational'?
How many sounds in the word 'informational'?
11
What is the name of the mass extinction event that the 6 students are currently in?
The K-T Extinction
The team thinks of Tuppins as a "walking Internet." What does that mean?
He is a resource filled with facts about many different things.
What does the word 'acrid' mean?
Poisonous or toxic
What is the last syllable in the word 'dinosaurs'?
-saurs
What sound does the ear make in the work 'researcher'?
/er/
Found Shelter (a cave), Fresh Air, and Clean Water
What percentage of species went extinct during the K-T Extinction?
75%
What word means 'emotionally distant' or 'acting if nothing is wrong/strange'?
How many syllables in the word 'scientific'?
4
What sound does the y make at the end of the word 'butterfly'?
Long i
Why did Mindy think that Zack might me a droid?
He seemed aloof, emotionless, and flat to Mindy. It reminded her of her android (not human).
Which of the following is NOT a hypothesis for why the dinosaurs went extinct?
A. Dinos got too big to support their bodies.
B. An asteroid killed off all of the dinosaurs.
C. Dinos ran out of fresh water and died.
D. Insects carried diseases that sickened dinosaurs and led to a massive death toll.
C. Dinos ran out of fresh water and died.
Asset means ______________________.
What is the second syllable in the word 'observe'?
-serve
What is the plural form of the word 'landmass'?
Landmasses
She went around exploring in search of food for the team in a strange and dangerous place.
Why do scientists and researchers need to have perseverance?
The need perseverance because they have to keep looking for evidence to prove a hypothesis. Evidence may be hard to find and take years to collect.
Evidence means ___________________.
Something that offers proof
Make new words by adding '-er' to the end of the following words: Research, Wander, and Travel
Researcher, Wanderer, and Traveler
Which of the following words contains a silent letter?
A. Aloof B. Supercontinent
C. Scientists D. Transported
C. Scientists - the letter 'c' is silent.
The air had been hot in the cave during the K-T extinction 66 million years ago, but suddenly Shack felt cold. What do you think happened?
The team had been transported to a new place tjat was cold.
What is a phrase used to describe lots and lots of evidence gathered to prove a hypothesis?
A "mountain of evidence"