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3rd grade earth and rocks

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 15 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-ESS2-1, NGSS.3-LS4-1, NGSS.4-ESS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Rocks, KS2 Y6 Evolution and inheritance

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Question 1
Which living thing is most similar to this fossil: ammonite (coiled shell)?
- A. elephant
- B. the ginkgo tree
- C. nautilus
- D. lions and tigers
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Question 2
In how a fossil forms, what happens straight after "minerals slowly replace the bones over millions of years"?
- A. it is quickly buried by mud or sand
- B. an animal dies
- C. the rock is worn away and the fossil is uncovered
- D. the soft parts rot away
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Question 3
Archaeopteryx fossils show feathers AND teeth. What does this suggest?
- A. Birds have always had teeth.
- B. It was a kind of fish.
- C. Birds are related to reptiles such as dinosaurs.
- D. Feathers are made of teeth.
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Question 4
A footprint preserved in rock is called a…
- A. skeleton
- B. crystal
- C. mineral
- D. trace fossil
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Question 5
Rocks and soils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Rocks can be natural or made by people, like brick and concrete.
- B. Soil contains bits of rock and organic matter.
- C. All rocks are the same.
- D. Rocks can be compared by hardness and permeability.
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Question 6
Is this rock permeable or impermeable: chalk?
- A. permeable (lets water through)
- B. impermeable (does not let water through)
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Question 7
What does this fossil evidence tell us: fossil fish in rocks on dry land?
- A. there was once a lake or sea there
- B. the land was once warm and wet
- C. the rock was once under the sea
- D. the climate was once icy cold
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Question 8
How do scientists use fossils to work out what a place was like long ago?
- A. They guess from the colour of the rock only.
- B. They ask the fossils.
- C. Fossils show photos of the past.
- D. They compare the fossils with where similar living things are found today.
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Question 9
What is soil made from?
- A. melted rock
- B. tiny pieces of rock mixed with dead plant and animal material, air and water
- C. only sand
- D. only dead leaves
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Question 10
True or false? Fossils help scientists learn how Earth's climate has changed.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 11
True or false? Some fossils look very similar to plants and animals alive today.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 12
Which living thing is most similar to this fossil: ammonite (coiled shell)?
- A. nautilus
- B. elephant
- C. modern birds
- D. lions and tigers
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Question 13
In how a sea shell becomes a fossil, what happens straight after "a sea creature dies"?
- A. the sediment slowly turns into rock
- B. its shell sinks to the sea floor
- C. the fossil is found in the rock millions of years later
- D. layers of sediment cover it
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Question 14
How is a woolly mammoth different from an elephant today?
- A. It could fly.
- B. It had no trunk.
- C. It lived in the sea.
- D. It had thick, long hair and small ears for cold weather.
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Question 15
In which type of rock are fossils usually found?
- A. lava
- B. metamorphic only
- C. sedimentary
- D. igneous

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Answer key: 3rd grade earth and rocks

1. C. nautilus
2. C. the rock is worn away and the fossil is uncovered
3. C. Birds are related to reptiles such as dinosaurs.
4. D. trace fossil
5. C. All rocks are the same.
6. A. permeable (lets water through)
7. A. there was once a lake or sea there
8. D. They compare the fossils with where similar living things are found today.
9. B. tiny pieces of rock mixed with dead plant and animal material, air and water
10. A. True
11. A. True
12. A. nautilus
13. B. its shell sinks to the sea floor
14. D. It had thick, long hair and small ears for cold weather.
15. C. sedimentary