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Fossils

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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.

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

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

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

How do we mark off the area to be searched

  • You put a marker called
  • A diploma maker
Photo by Arlo Bates

What tools should we use to continue searching

  • Hammers
  • Extreme Toothin
  • Probe
  • Machete
  • Rock Hammer
Photo by Delkarm