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Purpose: Read about the fossil of a protoceratops dinosaur, and answer the "interview" questions below in your journal.

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT:

Read the "interview" between Deena Soris and the protoceratops dinosaur. Answer the interview questions in your journal by looking at the sites mentioned.

Before you begin, what do you already know about dinosaurs? Have you seen them displayed in museums, or have you read a book about dinosaurs before? Do you know anything particularly interesting? Answer in 1-2 descriptive sentences.

Read the beginning, and then click on the button TO THE INTERVIEW.

[Click on "What were you like when you were alive?"] Why are protoceratops slower than some carnivores?

[Click on "What do you do at the museum?"] What percentage of dinosaur fossils are displayed in museums? What are done with the rest of the fossils?

In addition, what is the job of a preparator?

[Click on "How did you become a fossil?"] What was a good thing about the sand avalanche that possibly killed this dinosaur?

In addition, what type of rock do paleontologists know to find fossils in?

What caused some of the dinosaur's bones to stick out of the ground a bit?

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