Animals Through Time: Mystery 1

Animals Through Time: Mystery 1

3rd Grade

6 Qs

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Animals Through Time: Mystery 1

Animals Through Time: Mystery 1

Assessment

Quiz

Science

3rd Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-LS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jason Kates

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

You take a trip to the local quarry. You walk all the way to the very bottom. At the bottom of the quarry you find the fossils shown in the image above. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location when these animals were alive?

Grassland

River

Ocean

Desert

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why did you choose this answer? What evidence do the fossils give you to support your claim?

They are all grassland animals

They are all ocean animals

They are all river animals

They are all desert animals

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Kayla went swimming so she could see sharks and sea turtles. When she started swimming, she saw many tree trunks on the ocean floor. What kind of habitat do you think was in this location a long time ago?

Forest

Grassland

Ocean

Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The tree trunks are evidence that the habitat in this location has changed. What other evidence could you look for to support this claim?

Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the desert

Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the grassland

Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the ocean

Fossils of other plants and animals that live in the forest

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Your friend Martha just found a crab shell on the ground. She’s really excited because she thinks it might be a fossil. She thinks this is evidence that your town used to be an ocean a very long time ago. The picture above shows you the location where she found the crab shell. Do you think your friend Martha found a fossil? Why or why not?

Yes, it could have come from the beach.

No, she didn't find it underground. It could have come from the crab shack.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

You tell Martha that one crab shell is not enough evidence. If this habitat did use to be an ocean, what are examples of evidence that would support Martha’s claim?

More crabs in a pile on top of the ground.

If there are volcanoes near by.

Digging and finding fossils of birds and monkeys.

Digging in the ground and finding more fossils of crabs and other sea creatures.