Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter

Question 1

A museum label must list three facts about Mary Anning: the country she lived in, the part of the 1800s when she lived, and her work on the shoreline. Which label is completely correct?

Accepted Answer

Mary Anning was a fossil hunter who lived in Lyme Regis, England, during the early 1800s, collecting marine fossils from the nearby cliffs.

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Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis, England, in the late 1700s, and she spent her days looking for dinosaur bones in the desert.

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Mary Anning was an American scientist in the early 1800s who searched the Great Lakes shore for fossils.

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Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis, England, in the early 1800s, but she worked as a baker and did not look for fossils.

Question 2

Which of the following ancient animals matches a fossil that Mary Anning uncovered on the Jurassic cliffs of Lyme Regis?

Accepted Answer

A sleek, fish‑like marine reptile with a long snout and a tail fin

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A winged reptile with a long beak and sharp teeth

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A heavily armored land dinosaur with a row of plates along its back

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A small, hard‑shelled sea creature with many legs and a shield‑like carapace

Question 3

Which of these ancient animals was one of the first fossils discovered by Mary Anning?

Accepted Answer

Ichthyosaur

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Triceratops

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Stegosaurus

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Tyrannosaurus rex

Try three questions

A museum label must list three facts about Mary Anning: the country she lived in, the part of the 1800s when she lived, and her work on the shoreline. Which label is completely correct?

Which of the following ancient animals matches a fossil that Mary Anning uncovered on the Jurassic cliffs of Lyme Regis?

Which of these ancient animals was one of the first fossils discovered by Mary Anning?

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