Fossils - Worksheet 2
Grade 3•Science•Fossils
Aligned to: 3-ESS1-1
Answer the following questions about fossils.
1.
What are fossils?
A.Living plants
B.Remains or traces of ancient life
C.Types of weather
D.Fresh bones
2.
In which type of rock are fossils usually found?
A.Igneous
B.Metamorphic
C.Sedimentary
D.Volcanic
3.
What is a scientist who studies fossils called?
A.Meteorologist
B.Paleontologist
C.Biologist
D.Geologist
4.
Fossils can only be dinosaur bones.
5.
Fossils help us learn about ancient life.
6.
A paleontologist finds a fossil of a leaf in a desert. What might the desert have been like when the leaf was alive?
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7.
How are body fossils and trace fossils different? What can each type tell us?