Straight from the text
1. Why had Otis's Body not decayed much?
B. Snow and ice had preserved the body
7. Which prefixes mean "not"
C. Non- and un-
3. What does the word fracture mean in the following sentence?
The scientist also found a small fracture, or break, in Otis's hip bone.
B. break
A. to tell readers about what scientists learned from a preserved iceman
6. What was the reason the author had for writing this text?
A. To tell readers about scientists learned from a preserved ice man.
What does the latin root word "struct" mean?
4. Use context clues to define the bold word chamois as in used in paragraph. "Other scientist looked at Otzi's digestion system. In Otzi's intestines, they discovered the remains of two meals he had eaten two hours before his death. The main course for one meal consisted of meat from a chamois, a kind of antelope. During this meal, Otzi also ate some roots and fruits. The other meal included meat from a read diet, along with more roots and fruits."
D. A kind of antelope
9. When scientist disagree with each other it means they ____.
D. do not have the same opinion
5. A scientist found tiny specs of ____ and ____ in Otzi's tooth enamel.
1st space choices: pollen, plants, snow
2nd place choices: dust, meat, ice
1st space: pollen
2nd space: dust
What does the latin root word "spect" mean?
To see
12. Part A: What is the main idea of the paragraph 12?
a. Fingernails provide a record of bodily health.
10. What does that this simile tell us about his bones?
c. His bones were strong.
11. What does this simile tell us about his lungs?
a. His lungs were dark black in color.
What does the latin root word "dict" mean?
to say
8. Using information from the passage, match the cause in Column A to the effect in Column B.
Column A. (cause) -> Column B. (effect)
1.)Otis ate food with pine pollen -> B. Scientists learned he died in the spring
2) Otzi's body was covered in snow and ice -> A. His body was preserved
3) He often sat by campfires -> C. His lungs Turned black
12. PART B.
Which detail supports the main idea in part A?
b. Otzi was probably such three times in the last six months
2. Which of Ozti's bones had been strengthen by traveling long distances on allowing ground?
A. tibia