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WorksheetsFossils Review 3rd Grade
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the hardened remains of living things that died long ago?
a)
Extinct
b)
Fossils
c)
Metamorphic rock
d)
Minerals
2.
Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
a)
Plants are bigger than animals.
b)
There were more ancient animals than plants.
c)
Animals would eat the plants.
d)
Plants have softer body parts than animals.
3.
I found a fossil that looked like footprints. What kind of fossil did I most likely find?
a)
Cast
b)
Trace
c)
Mold
d)
Igneous
4.
What is an imprint fossil?
a)
Petrified wood
b)
A cast
c)
Bone
d)
An animal track
5.
In which type of rock are most fossils found?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Volcanic
6.
Which type of fossil would look exactly like an actual body part of a once living thing?
a)
A mineral
b)
A trace
c)
A cast
d)
A footprint
7.
A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
a)
The animal only ate fruits and vegetables.
b)
The animal lived in the ocean.
c)
The animal is related to sharks.
d)
The animal ate meat.
8.
I found a fossil of a fish in what is now a cow pasture. How is that possible?
a)
Somebody put the fossil there.
b)
The wind moved the fossil there over time.
c)
The cow pasture used to be underwater.
d)
It would not be possible to find a fossil of a fish in a cow pasture.
9.
What do mammoths and elephants have in common?
a)
Both have thick fur.
b)
They are both extinct.
c)
They both live in a warm climate.
d)
They both have tusks.
10.
True or false: All once-living organisms left behind fossils.
a)
True.
b)
False.
11.
Which elephant is extinct?
a)
Camel
b)
Elephant
c)
Saber-toothed tiger
d)
Rhinoceros
12.
True or false: Some living things have not changed over millions of years.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
a)
Animals ate all of them.
b)
They rotted away.
c)
Minerals destroyed them.
d)
They were trapped in tar.
14.
Why are there many fossil imprints of ferns?
a)
Ferns have changed little over time.
b)
Once, most plants on Earth were ferns.
c)
Ferns were larger than other ancient plants.
d)
Ferns have hard parts like bones.
15.
What part of an animal will most likely become a fossil?
a)
Muscle
b)
Eyelash
c)
Bone
d)
Ear
16.
What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
a)
Amber
b)
A mold
c)
A cast
d)
Minerals
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