Which item is a preposition?
the
in
new
none of the above
What is in?
100
Why is every inch of the dig mapped?
Mapping helps archaeologists track where each artifact was found.
200
A laboratory is a place to
What is do experiments and tests?
200
An automobile is one vehicle. The suffix auto- means
What is one?
200
What is a field book used for?
What is to keep notes about the dig?
200
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?
Buy a piece of wood.
What is "of wood"?
200
What happens to artifacts after they are drawn, numbered, and photographed?
They are examined, and then they are packed and sent to a museum.
300
Every inch of the dig was charted. This means the team
What is mapped the whole area?
300
Mrs. Anderson gets paid every two weeks. What is a word that means "two" weeks?
What is biweekly?
300
How do archaeologists work on a dig?
What is slowly and carefully?
300
Using the following sentences, which sentence has a prepositional phrase capitalized?
The STORE ON the corner sells bicycles and skis.
The store on the corner sells bicycles AND SKIS.
The store on the CORNER SELLS bicycles and skis.
none of the above
What is none of the above?
300
What did the team in this selection find first?
What is found bones with possible human scratches and marks?
400
An archaeologist may study a ruin of a city. A ruin is
What is damaged or destroyed?
400
The diggers are reviewing the artifacts they dug up. To review means to...
What is view again?
400
Archaeology is the science of
What is finding and studying past cultures?
400
Which shows the object (noun) of the preposition capitalized?
Maddie walked CAREFULLY into the water.
Maddied WALKED carefully into the water.
Maddie walked carefully into the WATER.
none of the above
What is Maddie walked carefully into the WATER?
400
Why did the author write the selection using the word "you" as if the reader were part of the story?
What is to make you feel as if you were part of the dig?
500
An archaeologist is someone who studies...
What is old things?
500
I am riding a bicycle. A bicycle is a...
What is cycle with two wheels?
500
Do archaeologists break artifacts apart to study them?
What is NO!
500
What is the preposition and prepositional phrase in the following sentence?
We put the M&Ms in the cup.
What is in and in the cup?
500
Why is it important to learn about our human past?
What is to teach us about other cultures and how we became what we are today?