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 \n# Vocabulary\n\n·ancient,confirm,hopeful,valid,unable  \n# Vocabulary Strategy\n\n·Word Parts:Suffixes(-ful,-less)and  \nPrefixes(re-,un-,dis-)  \n# Phonics\n\n·digraphs /ch/ch;/sh/sh;/th/th;/wh/wh-CONTENT-AREA VOCABULARYWords related to animals(see glossary)  \nPhoto Credits  \nCOV:Tom McHugh/Photo Researchers,Inc.TOC:Dynomic Grophics Group/Creotos/Alamy.  \n2:5.Meltzer/PhotoLink/Getty Imoges.3:PeterScoones/Photo Researchers,Inc.4:Klaus Jost/Peter Arnold,Inc.5:Louie Psihoyos/Corbis.  \n6:Kelvin Aitken/Peter Arnold,Inc.7:FredBovendom/Peter Arnold,Inc.8:John Koivulo/Photo Reseorchers,Inc.9:Dynamic GrophicsGroup/Creotas/Alamy.I0:Tom McHugh/Photo Reseorchers,Inc.II:Sheilo Terry/PhotoResearchers,Inc.13:Kevin Schofer/PeterArnold,Inc.  \nNATIONAL CONTENT STANDARDS  \nScience  \n·History and the Nature of Sciences**Word Count:775  \nA  \nMacmillanMcGraw-Hill  \nPublished by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill,of McGraw-Hill Education,a division of  \nThe McGraw-Hill Companies,inc.,Two Penn Plaza,New York,New York I012I.  \nCopyright Cby Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.All rights reserved.No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database orretrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distancelearning.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n23456789 BSF I009080706  \n**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.  \nLiving  \nFoSsils  \nby Andrew Whitmore  \n# Table of Contents\n\nChapter 1  \nAnimals That Time Forgot……………………………2  \nChapter 2  \nUndersea Survivors…………………………………………………4  \nChapter 3  \nAncient Insects…………………………………………………………………8  \nChapter 4  \nOutlasting the Dinosaurs……………………………10  \nChapter 5  \n……………………………………14  \nFuture Fossils ……………  \n……………………………15  \nGlossary/Index………  \n…………………………………16  \nComprehension Check  \n# Chapter 1\n\nAnimals ThatTime Forgot  \nMost kinds of animals that lived a longtime ago are no longer living.Scientiststhink that 99.9 percent of all species thathave ever lived are now extinct.Someanimals died because they were unableto adapt to changes in the world.Othersdied in earthquakes and floods.  \nBut there are some species that havesurvived for millions of years and havenot changed much.Some people call  \nthem“living fossils.”Like real fossils,livingfossils can help us learn about the past.  \n①A real fossil is viewed under a magnifying glass.  \nCoelacanths were thought to be extinct.Thenone was caught in 1938.  \nOne example of a living fossil is a  \ncoelacanth(SEE-luh-kanth).This ancient fishstill lives in the Indian Ocean.It looks thesame as real fossils of coelacanths that are400 million years old.  \n# How Real Fossils Form\n\n1.An animal or insect dies.  \n2.The dead animal or insect is buried.  \n3.Soft parts of the body break down.  \n4.Earth hardens around the body toform rock.  \n5.The skeleton's outine is a fossil.  \nChapter 2  \n# Undersea Survivors\n\nSharks have lived in the sea for morethan 350 million years.They are verygood hunters.They use their nostrils tosmell,but not to breathe.They breathethrough their gills.  \nSharks can have up to 3,000 teeth.  \nFossil shark teeth are very similar to thosefound in sharks today.The food theyeat and their way of hunting have notchanged much over time.  \n+A great white shark may not eat for up to twomonths after a big meal.  \n# A Giant Ancient Shark\n\nThe megalodon(MEG-uh-luh-dahn)was agiant meat-eating shark.It lived between25 million and 1.6 million years ago.It was more than 40 feet(12 meters)long.Each tooth was the size of aperson's hand.It ate mostly whales.The ","cbCaikJjV7wh92xA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikJjV7wh92xA","pdf",1286280,"English","# Chapter 1\n## Animals That Time Forgot\n## How Real Fossils Form\n# Chapter 2\n## Undersea Survivors\n## A Giant Ancient Shark\n# Chapter 3\n## Ancient Insects\n# Glossary/Index","[{\"question\":\"What are “living fossils” according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"Living fossils are species that have survived for millions of years and have not changed much, helping people learn about the past.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do many ancient animals become extinct?\",\"answer\":\"The text says some could not adapt to changes, while others died from events like earthquakes and floods.\"},{\"question\":\"How do real fossils form?\",\"answer\":\"An animal dies, the remains are buried, soft parts break down, earth hardens around the body to form rock, and the skeleton’s outline becomes a fossil.\"}]","Living Fossils - Chapter 1 - Read to Find Out | PDF",1789962383,31]