Animals Through Time Mystery Science

You take a trip to the local quarry. You walk all the way to the very bottom. At the bottom of the quarry you find the fossils shown in the image above. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location when these animals were alive?

• Grassland

• River

• Ocean

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Does this animal walk on all four legs or on two legs?

• Four legs

• Two legs

Does this animal have claws, wings or flippers?

• Claws

• Wings

• Flippers

Tags

NGSS.4-LS1-1

How do Scientists know that the footprints they find came from dinosaurs?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all animals?

• Breathing air

• Having a backbone

• Consuming food for energy

• Being able to move at some point in their life

Kayla went swimming so she could see sharks and sea turtles. When she started swimming, she saw many tree trunks on the ocean floor. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location a long time ago?

• Forest

• Grassland

• Ocean

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Your friend Martha just found a crab shell on the ground. She’s really excited because she thinks it might be a fossil. She thinks this is evidence that your town used to be an ocean a very long time ago. The picture above shows you the location where she found the crab shell. Do you think your friend Martha found a fossil? Why or why not?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What kind of food does this animal eat?

• Meat and Plants

  (omnivore)

• Plants

  (herbivore)

• Meat

  (carnivore)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of foods does this animal eat?

• Meat

  (carnivore)

• Meat and Plants

  (omnivore)

• Plants

  (herbivore)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Does this animal walk on all four legs or on two legs?

• Four legs

• Two legs