Fossils Grade 3

Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.

• fossil

• extinct

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• extinct

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

• An animal ate the fish.

• The water covered the area long ago.

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

• A plant or animal must be covered by mud

• A plant or animal must die .

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

• Amber

• mold

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

• extinct

• preserved

Which would be an example of a fossil?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Dinosaur Footprint

How do scientists learn about dinosaurs?

• by studying fossils

• by looking at pictures

Fossils can tell us how living things communicated with each other.

• True

• False

If scientists found this fossil, what could they know?

• what kind of animal ate this fish

• that water once covered the area