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Fossils

Grade 3 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

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

  1. A leaf with many small leaflets was pressed into soft mud, and the mud turned to rock. Name:

  2. A clam lived in the sea, and its hard covering turned to rock. Name:

  3. This fossil is the spiral shell of a sea animal that lived long ago. Name:

  4. This fossil is a small sea animal with a hard body in three parts. Name:

  5. A dinosaur walked in soft mud, and the mud turned to rock. Name:

  6. This fossil shows the bones of a small animal that swam in water. Name:

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Fossils

Answer Key - Grade 3 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

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

  1. A leaf with many small leaflets was pressed into soft mud, and the mud turned to rock. Name: fern

  2. A clam lived in the sea, and its hard covering turned to rock. Name: shell

  3. This fossil is the spiral shell of a sea animal that lived long ago. Name: ammonite

  4. This fossil is a small sea animal with a hard body in three parts. Name: trilobite

  5. A dinosaur walked in soft mud, and the mud turned to rock. Name: footprint

  6. This fossil shows the bones of a small animal that swam in water. Name: fish