This Grade 3 easy-2 worksheet compares body fossils with trace fossils using familiar examples. Grade 3 students see that bones, teeth, and shells are body fossils, while footprints, burrows, and coprolite are trace fossils. They complete sentence correction, fill-in-the-blank, and true or false questions, matching terms such as body fossil, trace fossil, and coprolite with everyday Grade 3 animal examples from fossil collections in class.
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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 dinosaur footprint is a body fossil of the dinosaur.
Rewrite: A dinosaur footprint is a trace fossil of the dinosaur.
2. Fix the sentence:
Bones and teeth is examples of body fossils.
Rewrite: Bones and teeth are examples of body fossils.
3. Fix the sentence:
Coprolite are fossilized animal poop that scientists studies.
Rewrite: Coprolite is fossilized animal poop that scientists study.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A body fossil is the actual remains of an organism, like a bone or shell.
2. A trace fossil is a mark left behind, like a footprint or burrow.
3. Fossilized animal droppings are called coprolite.
4. A shell turned to stone is a kind of body fossil.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A dinosaur bone turned to stone is a body fossil in Grade 3 science.
True False
2. A dinosaur footprint in rock is a body fossil.
True False
3. A burrow made by an ancient worm can become a trace fossil.
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 dinosaur footprint is a body fossil of the dinosaur.
Rewrite: A dinosaur footprint is a trace fossil of the dinosaur.
2) Fix the sentence:
Bones and teeth is examples of body fossils.
Rewrite: Bones and teeth are examples of body fossils.
3) Fix the sentence:
Coprolite are fossilized animal poop that scientists studies.
Rewrite: Coprolite is fossilized animal poop that scientists study.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A body fossil is the actual remains of an organism, like a bone or shell.
2) A trace fossil is a mark left behind, like a footprint or burrow.
3) Fossilized animal droppings are called coprolite.
4) A shell turned to stone is a kind of body fossil.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) A dinosaur bone turned to stone is a body fossil in Grade 3 science.
True
False
2) A dinosaur footprint in rock is a body fossil.
True
False
3) A burrow made by an ancient worm can become a trace fossil.
True
False
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