Lesson #376

June 28, 2021

Meet ‘Cooper’: the new dinosaur discovered in Australia that was two stories tall

A new dinosaur was discovered in Australia, named the “Australotitan cooperensis,” or “Cooper” for short. The dinosaur was enormous, even for dinosaur standards. It was two stories tall and as long as a basketball court, making it one of the top 15 largest dinosaurs ever discovered. Plus, a dinosaur-sized coincidence and learn what “named after” means.

Lingo

Mouthful

A “mouthful” is a word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce or that has a lot of syllables.

Expression

Named after

To be “named after” someone or something means that there must be a specific person, place, or event that inspires the name.

Exercise

Exercises for Lesson 376

Video

Based on

Show your reasoning with ‘based on’

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