What the Rock Remembers is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on using fossils as evidence of past organisms and environments, aligned to Common Core standard 3-LS4-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What the Rock Remembers
3-LS4-1
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Draw a line from each find to what it shows.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fern fronds and tree trunks fossilised
Pollen grains preserved in peat
Ammonites and sea urchins in one layer
No land animal bones in a sea layer
A.This place was once under the sea
B.Evidence that this was not dry land
C.This place was once a warm wet forest
D.Which plants grew nearby at that time
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Coral fossils in rock on a hillside
Mammoth bones in gravel
Fossil footprints in dried mud
Fish fossils high in a mountain
A.An animal walked across soft ground here
B.The rock formed underwater and was later lifted
C.The climate here was once much colder
D.A warm shallow sea covered this land
LessonPrint · 3-LS4-1 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Rock Remembers
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Fern fronds and tree trunks fossilised — C (This place was once a warm wet forest) 2. Pollen grains preserved in peat — D (Which plants grew nearby at that time) 3. Ammonites and sea urchins in one layer — A (This place was once under the sea) 4. No land animal bones in a sea layer — B (Evidence that this was not dry land)
2.1. Coral fossils in rock on a hillside — D (A warm shallow sea covered this land) 2. Mammoth bones in gravel — C (The climate here was once much colder) 3. Fossil footprints in dried mud — A (An animal walked across soft ground here) 4. Fish fossils high in a mountain — B (The rock formed underwater and was later lifted)
More practice for 3-LS4-1
Use fossils as evidence of what lived where, long ago.
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