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Missing Letters
Find the missing letters and complete the names of the fossils.
1. s _ _ _ i l y
ish
2. p l _ _ _
amm
3. _ _ _ e m n i t e
ilo
4. f _ _ _
eal
5. t r _ _ _ b i t e
ark
6. _ _ _ o n i t e
ant
7. b _ _ _
bel
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Mixed up bones
1._______________
Name the parts of this reptile
skeleton. Can you sort the jumbled
letters?
2._______________
3._______________
trebrav
3.
bris
5.
r
lait
6.
t
lulks
2.
ethet
1.
v
s
t
oset
4.
t
4._________
5.________
6._______________
Word bank
ribs
skull
vertebra
toes
tail
teeth
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Jurassic sea life
Join the dots and find out what is swimming in the sea. Do you know the
names of these plants and animals? Label them with the right number.
Word bank
1. sea urchin
2. sea lily (Pentacrinites)
3. belemnite
4. brittlestar
5. gryphaea (Devil’s toenail)
6. coral
7. ammonite
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Sea Dragons?
Complete the following sentences:
Mosasaurs were not dragons. The name means
“Meuse Lizard” after the river in Holland where they
were first………….. They were not dinosaurs but
powerful swimming………… Mosasaurs were the
largest …………...ever. They used their long jaws
and sharp ………….
To help them seize passing fish. Unlike lizards, their
long powerful tails were ………….. like an oar for
swimming. Their limbs were short, strong flippers
which acted like…………… Mosasaurs
were…………….., up to ………….
metres in length. They had huge hinged ………
to allow them to swallow massive chunks of food.
They were………….. and ate fish, turtles and shellfish.
paddles
carnivorous
flattened
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WORD BANK
teeth
enormous
reptiles
jaws
lizards
found
Which part of a mosasaur have
you seen today?....................
Can you draw it?
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Fossil wordsearch
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How many of these words can you find?
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bone
sea lily
root
cone
ammonite
trilobite
leaves
starfish
devil’s toenails
coral
sea urchin
vertebra
tooth
antler
cave bear paw
reptile
wood
crab
jaw
dinosaur egg
mosasaur
belemnite
Word hunt
How many 2,3 and 4 letter words can you make using letters in the word :
trilobites
1.
11.
21.
2.
12.
22.
3.
13.
23.
4.
14.
24.
5.
15.
25.
6.
16.
26.
7.
17.
27.
8.
18.
28.
9.
19.
29.
10.
20.
30.
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Silhouette Crossword
Word bank
crab
trilobite
cave-bear paw turritella
bone
dinosaur egg
belemnite
graptolite
ammonite
starfish
mammoth
sea urchin
plant
shark’s tooth
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Have you fitted all these words into
the crossword? _______
Shark
Shark race
race
Which shark will be first to reach the food?
a.
b.
Which shark won?
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Teeth
You have seen several different teeth today, can you draw some of
them and name the creature they belonged to?
Crossword
?
1. With pincers on a beach?
1.
2. Largest sea creature?
2.
w
3.Shell with two halves?
3.
b
4.Salt water creature, alive today?
5.Fossil paw from this? 5.
4.
s
c
b
6.Antler from this animal?
6.
7.Tooth and tusk from this?
7. m
8.Shell twisted into spiral coil?
c
8.
r
t
? What is the hidden animal?
c_____________________________
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The cave bear
Cave bear
paw
How did the cave bear get into Dan-yrogof? Why did it die? Write your ideas
below.
Cold weather
Cave lion
Lack of food
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Geological Time Scale
Millions of
years ago
Periods
QUATER-
1.8
65
135
205
250
QUATERNARY
TERTIARY
Eras
C
A
I
N
O
Z
O
I
C
x
CRETACEOUS
JURASSIC
TRIASSIC
PRESENT
DAY
x
M
E
S
O
Z
O
I
C
Birds
PERMIAN
Mammals
290
355
405
435
510
570
P
A
DEVONIAN
L
A
E
O
SILURIAN
Z
ORDOVICIAN O
I
C
x
x
Dinosaurs
CARBONIFEROUS
Reptiles
Land plants
Ammonites
and belemnites
Graptolites
Fish
Key
CAMBRIAN
PRECAMBRIAN
Insects
and
spiders
First appeared
x
Died out (extinct)
Trilobites
1.What do you think means?________________________________
2.How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct? ________million years ago.
3.When did mammals first appear? ________million years ago.
4.Name two groups of animals which are now extinct. 1._____________2.______________
All the fossils are to be found in a small building in the main square near the ticket office.
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