3rd grade · Science · Unit 8 of 10

Fossils & Long Ago

What fossils tell us about life and places long ago.

What your child practices

Practices how fossils form and what they show about plants, animals and environments long ago, such as sea fossils found on dry land.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 3.LS4.1 · fossils as evidence of organisms and environments of long ago

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
Amber can hold a fossil of…
- an insect
- a mountain
- a cloud
- a whale
Question 2
Fossil seashells on dry land tell us…
- the land was once covered by sea
- shells can walk
- birds made them
- it rained shells
Question 3
Mud covers a leaf and hardens. Later we find…
- a leaf print in rock
- a live leaf
- a green cloud
- nothing at all
Question 4
An animal that has died out completely is…
- migrating
- endangered
- extinct
- hibernating
Question 5
A fish fossil is found on a mountain. The area was once…
- under water
- a city
- a glacier
- a desert
Question 6
Why are fossils of soft animals like jellyfish rare?
- They are too big
- They are made of rock
- Soft parts break down quickly
- Jellyfish never lived