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Life Through Time Worksheets

Look at the picture cards. Point, talk, and try each activity. The cards show examples of life from long ago and life today.

A. Ancient sea animal fossil

B. Fish

C. Dinosaur

D. People today

Notice and put in order

Scientists learn about life long ago by studying fossils. Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of living things. These cards show a simple timeline: ancient sea animal, fish, dinosaur, and people today.

1.Choose the best answer. A fossil is…
  • A clue from a living thing long ago
  • A toy fish
  • A plant growing today
2.Look at cards A–D. Which card shows the oldest example of life in this timeline?
3.In the timeline, what comes after the ancient sea animal and before the dinosaur?
  • Fish
  • People today
  • A dinosaur
4.Dinosaurs lived before people today.
TrueFalse
5.Write the card letters from oldest to newest: ___, ___, ___, ___.
6.Which card shows people living today?
7.Choose one thing a fossil can help us learn.
  • What an ancient living thing looked like
  • What a dinosaur ate for lunch today
  • The name of every person who saw it
8.Tell or write one way life long ago was different from life today. You may use the cards to help you.
Draw one living thing from long ago and one living thing from today. Tell someone which is which.

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  • Life Through Time Worksheets, page 1 of 2: Notice and put in order

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  • Life Through Time Worksheets, page 2 of 2: 5. Write the card letters from oldest to newest: ___, ___, ___, ___.

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