Fossils
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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WHAT IS A FOSSIL
- A fossil is the naturally preserved remains or traces of animals or plant
- that lived in the geologic past
Photo by InnerCore
WHAT DO FOSSILS LOOK LIKE
- Fossils are bones left behind. Fossils look different based on size and
- Shape but they all come together to create the skeletal structure
- of the creature that died and left the bones behind.
Photo by Tim Evanson
How are fossils formed
- When animals, plants and other organisms die, they typically
- decay completely. But sometimes,when the conditions
- are just right, they're preserved as fossils.
Photo by Marta S. Gufstasson
How long has it been here
- The modern use of the word 'fossil' refers to the physical
- evidence of former life from a period of time prior to recorded human
- history. This prehistoric evidence includes the fossilised
- remains of living organisms, impressions and moulds of their physical form
Photo by El Bichólogo Errante
What can we learn from fossils about the past
- Fossils are remains of ancient plants and animals
- From fossils, we can learn about the past
- environment. Fossils can also help scientists learn
- about climate change
Photo by Lunchbox Photography
HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT DIGGING MORE WITHOUT HARMING
- When digging with harming
- To digging the fossil to
- Dig the fossil to find it
- To find the fossil to dig for the
- Fossil
Photo by Yang and Yun's Album
