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Grade 3 - Science - Fossil formation and layer

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Geologic Time Scale

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Order the following eras from the oldest to the youngest

a)

Paleozoic Era

b)

Mesozoic Era

c)

Cenozoic Era

1)
2)
3)
2.

.............. is also known as ..................

a)

Paleozoic Era

1.

Ancient life

b)

Mesozoic Era

2.

Age of Reptiles

c)

Cenozoic Era

3.

Age of Mammals

3.

Match the following eras with their pictures

a)

1.

Paleozoic

b)

2.

Mesozoic Era

c)

3.

Cenozoic Era

4.

Animals live on different eras

Categorize the following

human

elephant

rhino

horse

trilobite
Tyrannosaurus rex
Triceratops
Stegosaurus

ancient fish

giant insect

Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
5.

Scientists who find and study fossil

(a)  

6.

How fossils are formed

a)

A mouse dies.

b)

The body of the dead mouse is covered with soil.

c)

Water flows through the soil and dissolves the body of

the mouse, leaving an empty space called a mold.

d)

Minerals in water move into the space that once held

the mouse's body.

e)

Minerals harden to form a cast. Over time, the cast

becomes a rocky fossil.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
7.

What do scientists call the record that shows the total number of

fossils found and helps them identify patterns in life from the past?

a)

fossil record

b)

index fossil

c)

geologic time scale

8.

If a fish fossil is found in a dry, rocky area, what can you infer about this?

a)
The area is a desert habitat.
b)

The fish lived on land.

c)
The area was once underwater.
9.

Which statement shows fossil evidence that a climate change took

place in the location where the fossil was found?

a)

A fossil of a crocodile is found in a swamp.

b)

A fossil of a whale is found on a mountaintop.

c)

A fossil of a shelled animal is found in a riverbed.

d)

A fossil of a palm tree is found in a jungle.

10.

Millions of years ago, a huge flood covered a large area.

Rivers overflowed. Land was covered with deep water.

Which two statements provide evidence that fish survived the flood but dinosaurs did not?

a)

Fossil fish would appear in the fossil record in layers that are younger than the layer in which the flood occurred.

b)

No dinosaur fossils would appear below the layer in which the flood

occurred.

c)

No dinosaur fossils would appear above the layer in which the flood

occurred

11.

The armored fish in the picture appeared (a)   the trilobites appeared.

The dinosaur appeared ​ (b)   the woolly mammoth appeared.

Choose from the below words
after
before
12.

Which of the following is NOT a fossil?

a)

an imprint of a fern leaf

b)

the remains of a wooly mammoth

c)

an imprint of a seashell in the side of a mountain

d)

the snake skin found by the river

13.

The remains of a once living thing is called a

a)

remainder

b)

mineral

c)

fossil

d)

sediment

14.

Scientist study fossils to learn about

a)

different kinds of soil

b)

extinct plants and animals

c)

hardness

d)

pollution

15.

Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

dinosaur

16.

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

a)

The animal lived in the water

b)

The animal lived near the beach.

c)

The animal is a carnivore.

d)

The animal only ate plants.

17.

What can we infer about animals with dull teeth?

a)

They ate other animals.

b)

They ate only plants.

c)

They ate nothing.

d)

They only ate fish.

18.

Which type of fossil show the organism in 3D form, sticking out from the rock?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

19.

Which type of fossil shows an impression of the organism in rock?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

20.

A paleontologist dug up several fossils from the layers shown.

If one of the fossils is older than layer A, but younger than layer C, which layer was it collected from?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Look at the picture. Plants and animals fossilized in several different ways. Which object fossilized most recently?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

C

d)

A

22.

What can a scientist learn by studying fossils?

a)

What rocks are made of

b)

how every organism died long ago

c)

how minerals are formed

d)

what types of organisms lived a long time ago

23.

Which layer has the oldest fossils?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4