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1. The word "fossil::

    Means finding real dinosaurs that bite.
    Is and English term that means "only the bones."
    Means there is no evidence dinosaurs existed.
    Is Latin for "dug up".
 

2. Most of what we know about dinosaurs comes from:

    Interviews with their families, talking about how they live.
    Captured babies, raised on farms and in zoos.
    Fossils that have been found and preserved.
    Old book and pictures that they left behind.
 

3. Scientists do more than dig up dinosaur bones, they also:

    Find nests and groups of nests where dinosaurs laid eggs.
    Find books, pictures, and notes that dinosaurs left behind.
    Find live dinosaurs, snarling and snapping their teeth.
    Love to play with shovels, picks, and the things they dig up.
 

4. Fossils are made when: 

    Bones turn to plastic and then last forever.
    Scientists pour bones in plaster or cement.
    Dinosaurs get struck by lightning, converting the bones to stone.
    Dinosaurs are buried and minerals fill in the bones, making them hard.
 

5. Scientists learn about dinosaurs by looking at:

    Rockets and trips to space and the moon.
    The written records that dinosaurs left behind.
    Telescopes and pictures of the sun and stars.
    IHow the fossils were buried, how deep fossils were buried, and what’s nearby.



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