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Fossils. What are fossils?. The remains of once living things that died long ago. What scientists study fossils?. Paleontologist. What can we learn from studying fossils?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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We can learn about the kinds of plants and
animals that used to live on Earth…as well
as what kinds of things animals ate.
Which fossil forms when mud or
minerals later fill a mold. This has the actual shape of the living thing-without being a real piece of
the living thing.
Because the sediment covers the fossil over
time. Heat and pressure from
metamorphic and igneous rock often
destroy any animal or plant remains
Which of these is not a fossil? Why?A. a cast of a seashellB. A footprint of a dinosaurC. A chunk of petrified woodD. a bone of an elephant
What might scientists learn from a fern fossil?
A: what color the fern wasB: which animals ate the
fernC: How ferns have
changedD: which other plants lived
at the same time