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3rd grade · Science · Unit 6 of 9

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.

Washington State Learning 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.

  1. Question 1

    A fish fossil is found on a mountain. The area was once…

    • a desert
    • a city
    • a glacier
    • under water

  2. Question 2

    Palm leaf fossils in a cold place show it was once…

    • underwater ice
    • in space
    • warm
    • frozen

  3. Question 3

    What can fossils of fish and coral together tell us?

    • It was a desert
    • There was once a warm sea
    • It was a glacier
    • It was a forest fire

  4. Question 4

    Which part of an animal is most likely to become a fossil?

    • Skin
    • Bones and teeth
    • Eyes
    • Fur

  5. Question 5

    A fossil is…

    • the remains or trace of a living thing from long ago
    • a new rock
    • a type of cloud
    • a modern toy

  6. Question 6

    Fossils of a tropical plant are found in a snowy place. Which is the best explanation?

    • The climate there has changed
    • It was dropped yesterday
    • Snow makes plants
    • The plant walked there

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