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Fossils

Grade 3 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

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Write the name of each fossil: footprint, fish, shell, fern, ammonite, or trilobite.

  1. Scientists use the coil of this sea animal's shell to tell how old a rock is. Name:

  2. This rock is far from any water today, but it holds an animal that swam. Name:

  3. This fossil is the print of a green plant that grew in wet, shady places. Name:

  4. This sea animal had a body in three lobes, and it lived long before dinosaurs. Name:

  5. This is a trace fossil: it shows what an animal did, not what its body looked like. Name:

  6. Hard parts last longest, so the animal's soft body is gone and only this hard covering is left. Name:

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Fossils

Answer Key - Grade 3 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

Write the name of each fossil: footprint, fish, shell, fern, ammonite, or trilobite.

  1. Scientists use the coil of this sea animal's shell to tell how old a rock is. Name: ammonite

  2. This rock is far from any water today, but it holds an animal that swam. Name: fish

  3. This fossil is the print of a green plant that grew in wet, shady places. Name: fern

  4. This sea animal had a body in three lobes, and it lived long before dinosaurs. Name: trilobite

  5. This is a trace fossil: it shows what an animal did, not what its body looked like. Name: footprint

  6. Hard parts last longest, so the animal's soft body is gone and only this hard covering is left. Name: shell