This Grade 3 easy-1 worksheet introduces fossils as preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago. Grade 3 students define fossil, learn that fossils are found in rocks and sediment, and meet the word paleontologist. They practice short sentence corrections, fill-in-the-blank vocabulary, and true or false statements built around simple, clear Grade 3 examples and gentle language patterns for early science readers today.
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Fossils and Evidence of Past Life
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
A fossil is a living plant that grows on a rock today.
Rewrite: A fossil is preserved remains or a trace of an organism from long ago.
2. Fix the sentence:
Fossils is found inside rocks and sediment.
Rewrite: Fossils are found inside rocks and sediment.
3. Fix the sentence:
A paleontologist study fossils to learn about the past.
Rewrite: A paleontologist studies fossils to learn about the past.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A fossil is the preserved remains or trace of a living thing from long ago.
2. Most fossils are found inside layers of rock and sediment.
3. A scientist who studies fossils is called a paleontologist.
4. Fossils give us evidence about plants and animals that lived long ago.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A fossil is the preserved remains or trace of an organism that lived long ago.
True False
2. All fossils are animals that are still alive today.
True False
3. Fossils can help Grade 3 scientists learn about life long ago.
True False
Fossils and Evidence of Past Life
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
A fossil is a living plant that grows on a rock today.
Rewrite: A fossil is preserved remains or a trace of an organism from long ago.
2) Fix the sentence:
Fossils is found inside rocks and sediment.
Rewrite: Fossils are found inside rocks and sediment.
3) Fix the sentence:
A paleontologist study fossils to learn about the past.
Rewrite: A paleontologist studies fossils to learn about the past.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A fossil is the preserved remains or trace of a living thing from long ago.
2) Most fossils are found inside layers of rock and sediment.
3) A scientist who studies fossils is called a paleontologist.
4) Fossils give us evidence about plants and animals that lived long ago.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) A fossil is the preserved remains or trace of an organism that lived long ago.
True
False
2) All fossils are animals that are still alive today.
True
False
3) Fossils can help Grade 3 scientists learn about life long ago.
True
False
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