The film Jurassic Park has established the velociraptor as a large, featherless predator in the public imagination. However, paleontological studies ------ this image of the velociraptor. For example, in 2007, a team of paleontologists reexamining velociraptor fossils discovered quill knobs on the posterior forearm of the fossil, suggesting that the velociraptor was feathered. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?ascertaineliminateacclaimeliminatedebunkeliminateverify

Many people consider paleontologists’ research interests to be largely -------, but in fact paleontology is not solely the study of dinosaurs but the study of ancient life. As such, paleontologists’ research can relate to anything older than 10,000 years and often includes fossils left behind not just from dinosaurs but also leaves, fungi, bacteria, pollen, and a range of mammals, birds, and fish.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?uniformeliminatepeculiareliminateinexplicableeliminatediverseeliminateScratch BoardDo your scratch work hereClear00:19:17

The idea that dinosaurs are most closely related to lizards and other reptiles is ------- since it fails to account for the broad similarities between theropod dinosaurs (like Tyrannosaurus rex) and modern avian theropods, including hollow bones and tri-clawed feet. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?derivativeeliminatedubiouseliminateingeniouseliminatetragic

Fossils provide clues about the history of life on Earth. Paleontologists discovered a fossilized creature with a segmented body and a hard exoskeleton. They also found faint traces of what might have been small limbs.Based on these characteristics, which of the following is the MOST LIKELY classification for this fossilized creature? Is it a FISHINSECTAMPHIBIANSMAMMALS

Read the introduction [paragraphs 1-8].Which sentence from the introduction supports the conclusion that people are often mistaken about fossils?AThat’s when they discovered a fragment of an ancient sea beast.BThey spotted a 4-inch-long, oval-shaped fossil.CThey concluded that the fossil was from an ichthyosaur.D“[Most] of the time, it turns out to be an odd-shaped rock.”

Dinosaurs are technically:Group of answer choicesPseudosuchiansTherapsidsBirdsArchosaurs