Velociraptors & Birds
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The word descendant is listed 3 times in the passage. What does descendant mean?

Descendant means:

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Which of today's creatures descended from dinosaurs?

Birds!

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What other uses did the Velociraptors have for feathers?

Their feathers may have had other uses, like mating displays or keeping the dinosaur's body at the right temperature. 

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How can scientists tell that velociraptors were feathered dinosaurs?

Their fossils had quill knobs on them which are structures on a bone that holds feathers.
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Velociraptors had hollow bones like birds today, but why couldn't they fly?

Velociraptors had short forelimbs that made it impossible for them to fly.

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